Introduction

Wind power or wind energy—these terms are used interchangeably throughout the text—is the use of wind to provide mechanical power through prime movers—wind turbines—to rotate or turn electric generators for electrical power. Wind power is one of the fastest-growing energy sources on the globe. The Access Roads will bring the large turbine components and construction and operations personnel from the public road system to the initial point of entry and inspection on the project site. An area, measured in acres, which is subject to ownership or control by those holding total or fractional shares of working interests. Acreage is considered developed when development has been completed. Geostrophic wind is a wind whose speed and direction are determined by a balance of pressure-gradient force and the force due to the earth's rotation. Thermal wind is the vector difference between winds at higher-altitude geostrophic wind minus that at lower altitudes in the atmosphere.