Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§9206 Wind resource assessment
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 100— - WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS › § 9206
Summary
The Secretary must start a three-year national program to study wind energy across the United States. The program must check and confirm existing wind studies, measure wind potential in areas that might work for wind power, begin looking for promising sites, set uniform rules for collecting wind data and picking sites, and — working with NOAA, NASA, and the EPA — create a national wind data center that makes regional wind information public.
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Title 42, §9206
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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.
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42 U.S.C. § 9206
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73