LibGuides: Offshore Wind Power: Standards, Data, and Patents

Finding standards

Techstreet Enterprise
Provides access to selected international, national, state and local industry codes and standards. Covers fields such as construction, electronics, energy, petrochemical, food, medical, and telecommunications. Includes standards from AAMI, ASHRAE, BS, ICC, IEC, and ISO.

ASTM compass
The ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library is a vast collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information.
IEEE Xplore digital library
IEEE Xplore digital library provides full-text access to IEEE, IET & IEE journals, conferences and standards, as well as Wiley-IEEE Press e-books and standards, and MIT Press e-books.

Social Science Data and Statistics Resources
While emphasizing the social sciences, this is a good general guide to finding and using data. Note the section on Energy & Environment data.
MIT Libraries Energy & Environment Data Sources
MIT Libraries maintains an extensive list of sources for energy and environmental data sets, many of which are relevant to wind power.

Google Patents
Provides easy access to patents from multiple countries as well as a "prior art" search feature.

SCOPUS
Scopus is a large abstract and citation database that includes peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, and web sources. Subject coverage : Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Engineering ; Life and Health Sciences ; Social Sciences, Psychology and Economics ; Biological, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Derwent Innovations Index
A Web of Science resource for patent literature from 40 patent issuing authorities. Uses the ISI search interface and links forward in time to citing patents and backwards in time to cited patents. Coverage from some source patents begins in 1963.