please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article was considered for deletion and requires cleanup according to the discussion . please improve this article if you can ; the deletion discussion may suggest necessary improvements . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message aws truepower llc type private industry consultancy predecessor associated weather services aws scientific aws truewind meteosim founded 1981 founder burce bailey headquarters albany ny united states number of locations 5 products resource maps and data wind energy related software services renewable energy consulting number of employees 100 2015 website www.awstruepower.com aws truepower llc is a renewable energy consulting and software company . it is headquartered in albany new york with offices in denver brazil spain canada and india . 1 the company has divisions for supporting renewable energy project development and operations for offshore wind energy onshore wind energy and solar energy . 1 the company s general clients are developers investors governments and institutions . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 1980s founding and early years 1.2 1990s 2011 acquisitions and mergers 1.3 2011 present 2 products 2.1 software 3 see also 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links history edit 1980s founding and early years edit aws truepower was started in 1981 under the name associated weather services . initially the company composed of research meteorologists from new york state university at albany provided atmospheric field measurements air quality studies forensic meteorology for lawsuits and insurance claims and solar and wind energy feasibility studies . the company became a subsidiary of w.s. flemming & associates an energy consulting firm in 1983 which resulted in its incorporation under the name associated weather services inc. citation needed aws gained its first substantial clients in the years to follow with their consulting efforts chiefly surrounding niagara mohawk presently known as national grid . citation needed due to the large scale of business from niagara mohawk and the us environmental protection agency founders of the company bruce bailey and ron stewart became 50 50 partners after w.s. flemming & associates chose to sell aws in 1985 . citation needed bailey purchased stewart s stake in the company in 1990 resulting in complete ownership . the same year aws underwent a name change to aws scientific to communicate that the company satisfied not only weather and technology needs but also engineering services related to solar wind energy project development and air quality research . citation needed 1990s 2011 acquisitions and mergers edit in 1997 aws scientific brower & company and meso inc. formed the joint venture truewind solutions . 2 in response aws scientific began developing products for the wind power industry initially developing wind mapping and forecasting applications . 2 in 2004 aws scientific and truewind solutions consolidated into aws truewind llc . 2 in 2007 aws truewind entered into a joint venture called meteosim truewind s.l. with barcelona spain based meteosim . in 2011 aws truewind and meteosim merged to form aws truepower . 2 as of the 2000s aws truepwoer is headquartered in albany with offices in denver brazil spain canada and india . 1 the company s general clients are developers investors governments and institutions . 1 the company has divisions for supporting renewable energy project development and operations for offshore wind energy onshore wind energy and solar . services include resource mapping energy assessment project engineering due diligence performance evaluation data monitoring data collection and power production forecasting . 1 2011 present edit this section needs to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . march 2015 as of 2010 bruce bailey was still ceo 3 and president . as of 2012 the company had done work in around 30 states in the us and 60 countries . 4 5 as of 2014 aws truepower was creating a map for the national renewable energy laboratory nrel in golden colorado . the map shows the highest average windspeeds in the united states . 6 aws truepower is involved in the development of the cape wind project an offshore wind farm on horseshoe shoal in nantucket sound off cape cod massachusetts united states . 7 products edit software edit windographer owned by aws truepower is software intended to analyze visualize and validate wind resource data from meteorological towers and remote sensing systems . 8 aws truepower purchased the windographer software assets from mistaya engineering on december 28 2014 . 8 windographer s features include data visualization quality control and data analysis tools intended to help wind energy project developers . 9 openwind created by aws truepower is a wind farm development software used in the wind energy industry . openwind was released in october 2008 at the canadian wind energy associations annual conference and trade show . 10 windnavigator is an online prospecting and project siting application based on googlemaps that let users to purchase wind resource data which can include wind speed distribution wind rose and monthly and diurnal data for wind farm siting and analysis . 11 see also edit list of wind power consulting companies wind power renewable resources references edit a b c d e f overview . awstruepower.com . a b c d company timeline archived january 12 2015 at the wayback machine . awstruepower.com measuring the wind and the sun greentech media waning wind energybiz change in wind hurts future . times union . the art of building utility scale wind farms . cherokee chronicle times . cape wind america s first offshore wind farm on nantucket sound a b aws truepower acquires windographer . awstruepower.com . perform advanced analyses . windographer.com . blog . aws openwind . dashboards . awstruepower.com . further reading edit con el viento al magreb . el peri dico de catalunya . spanish wind energy company to model l.i. coast area . times union . aws truepower works to predict the future of wind to site turbines . times union . subscription required software acquisition broadens aws truepower analytical services . albany business review . america s wind energy potential triples in new estimate . wired . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aws truepower & oldid 742057518 categories renewable energy companies of the united statesengineering consulting firms1981 establishments in new yorkhidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles lacking reliable references from 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