MIDC: US Virgin Islands Longford

US Virgin Islands
St. Thomas
Bovoni

Latitude: 18.31^o North
Longitude: 64.88^o West
Elevation: 49 meters AMSL
Time Zone: -4.0

Data sets currently available at the US Virgin Islands Bovoni measurement station

Met Tower Daily plots and raw data files, are available from December 13, 2012 to August 25, 2014
Solar Calendars, are available from December 2012 to August 2014.
Wind roses (monthly, seasonal, & yearly) are available from January 2013 to July 2014.
Compare data from both USVI Met Towers using MIDC station comparison.
Commissioning Report (86 KB PDF)
SODAR Performance Study (Triton 512) (357 KB PDF)
SODAR Data Export (Triton 512) (2,466 KB ZIP)
SODAR Performance Study (Triton 548) (601 KB PDF)
SODAR Data Export (Triton 548) (3,247 KB ZIP)
Bovoni 2 1997-2013† (6,247 KB ZIP)

US Virgin Islands
St. Croix
Longford

Latitude: 17.71^o North
Longitude: 64.69^o West
Elevation: 28 meters AMSL
Time Zone: -4.0

Data sets currently available at the US Virgin Islands Longford measurement station

Met Tower Daily plots and raw data files, are available from December 13, 2012 to December 20, 2013
Solar Calendars, are available from December 2012 to December 2013.
Wind roses (monthly, seasonal, & yearly) are available from January 2013 to November 2013.
Compare data from both USVI Met Towers using MIDC station comparison.
Commissioning Report (297 KB PDF)
SODAR Performance Study (Triton 525) (407 KB PDF)
SODAR Data Export (Triton 525) (3,613 KB ZIP)
Longford 1997-2013† (6,304 KB ZIP)

† These hourly timeseries datasets were generated by AWSTruepower who simulated wind speeds over the USVI using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model version 3.5. Initial and updated boundary conditions were provided by the ERA-Interim reanalysis dataset. Further details regarding these datasets can be found in the AWSTruepower Map Memo (936 KB PDF).

USVI Wind Maps

USVI 30m Wind Map (1,946 KB PDF)
USVI 55m Wind Map (1,856 KB PDF)
USVI 70m Wind Map (1,826 KB PDF)
USVI 80m Wind Map (1,814 KB PDF)
USVI 100m Wind Map (1,798 KB PDF)
USVI 120m Wind Map (1,780 KB PDF)

USVI Shapefiles

Previous NREL and EDIN efforts pertinent to the development of renewable energy projects and integration in the US Virgin Islands can be found in the links below. Developers are highly encouraged to invest time to understand these previous efforts as development of any energy project in the USVI requires careful consideration of many different aspects that will influence a projects viability.

USVI Energy Roadmap (3,610 KB PDF)
USVI Project Financing (350 KB PDF)
USVI Project Development Overview (1,080 KB PDF)
USVI Wind Power Opportunities in St. Thomas, A Site-Specific Evaluation and Analysis (3,780 KB PDF)
USVI Preliminary Integration Study (6,720 KB PDF)

Additional USVI data sets can also be found in the NREL Wind Prospector

Any publication based in whole or in part on these data sets should cite the data source as:

Roberts, O.; Andreas, A.; (1997). United States Virgin Islands:
St. Thomas & St. Croix (Data); NREL Report No. DA-5500-64451.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7799/1183464

For more information about USVI contact: Owen Roberts
For more information about this website or the data contact: Afshin Andreas

US Virgin Islands St. Thomas Bovoni