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Modern wind turbines are reliable machines that convert wind energy into electricity very efficiently. Therefore, the main question that the consumer asks himself is: "Can I use wind turbines in the place where I live." The answer to this question depends on a number of factors, which will be discussed in the following sections. However, the first question to be answered is: "Are the wind speeds high enough for the application of wind turbines in the chosen location?". It is possible to establish those regions of the country where there are sufficient wind energy resources using wind atlases.

Knowing the average annual wind speed in the region, you can proposed methodology approximately determine the amount of electrical energy that can be generated by wind turbines during the year.

More accurate calculation methods require a significant amount of additional information and must be carried out by specialists. Employees of "Intersolarcenter" can perform work on the determination of wind energy resources and give recommendations on the choice of wind turbines on a contractual basis.

If the wind energy resources in your area are small, it is quite possible that other types of renewable energy will be effective.

In regions promising for the use of wind turbines, the average annual wind speed should be 4–6 m/s or more. Russia has significant wind energy resources, they are concentrated mainly in those regions (see map) where there is no centralized energy supply. This situation is typical for the entire Arctic coast from the Kola Peninsula to Chukotka, as well as for the coast and island territories of the Bering and Okhotsk Seas. The geography of distribution of wind energy resources allows their rational use both by autonomous wind turbines and large wind farms as part of local energy systems.

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In Russia, wind energy can be effectively used in the following regions:

regions: Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Leningrad, Magadan, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, Perm, Rostov, Sakhalin, Tyumen;
regions: Krasnodar, Primorsky, Khabarovsk;
and also: Dagestan, Kalmykia, Karelia, Komi, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Taimyr Autonomous Okrug, Khakassia, Chukotka, Yakutia, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Other separate areas of many territories, regions and republics of the Russian Federation are also promising.

Updated meteorological data (including average annual and average monthly wind speeds) for the regions of Russia are contained in the Atlas of Wind and Solar Climates in Russia.

If it turns out that there are no sufficient wind energy resources in the area of interest, it makes no sense to carry out further actions to solve the problem of using wind turbines in this place.

Authors: Kargiev V.M., Martirosov S.N. and etc.

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