§ 9206. Wind resource assessment

The Secretary shall initiate a three-year national wind resource assessment program. As part of such program, the Secretary shall—

• (1) conduct activities to validate existing assessments of known wind resources;
• (2) perform wind resource assessments in regions of the United States where the use of wind energy may prove feasible;
• (3) initiate a general site prospecting program;
• (4) establish standard wind data collection and siting techniques; and
• (5) establish, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, a national wind data center which shall make public information available on the known wind energy resources of various regions throughout the United States.