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Maine - Average Annual Wind Speed at 30 m

Augusta

Bangor

Presque Isle

Waterville

04-APR-2012 2.1.1

Wind Speedm/s

>10.5 10.0 9.5 9.0 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 < 4.0

Portland

20 0 20 40 60 80 Miles

25 0 25 50 75 100 125 Kilometers

Lewiston

Source: Wind resource estimates developed by AWS Truepower,LLC. Web: http://www.awstruepower.com. Map developed byNREL. Spatial resolution of wind resource data: 2.0 km.Projection: UTM Zone 19 WGS84.

The average wind speeds indicated onthis map are model-derived estimatesthat may not represent the true windresource at any given location. Smallterrain features, vegetation, buildings,and atmospheric effects may causethe wind speed to depart from themap estimates. Expert advice shouldbe sought in placing wind turbinesand estimating their energyproduction.