Wind Resource from the BC-HRRR Dataset (API)

Wind resource data can be downloaded from the NREL-processed bias-corrected High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) dataset from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the years 2015-2023. This data is available as an hourly operational forecast product. The data is bias-corrected so that it can be used in continuity with the legacy WIND toolkit data (2007-2013). The data is available over CONUS from the NREL Developer Network hosted Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit dataset Wind Toolkit Data - BC-HRRR CONUS 60-minute (NOAA + NREL). Using this functionality requires an NREL API key.

Wind resource data from the BC-HRRR dataset can only be downloaded for wind resource years 2015-2023 and is only downloaded if the wind_resource_origin input to SiteInfo is set to “BC-HRRR”. For example:

site:
    wind_resource_origin: "BC-HRRR"