This research project was initiated in mid-1995 to establish Malta's first specific wind monitoring programme. Wind characteristics are monitored at different heights above ground level and this fieldwork is helping compile wind-specific databases for different and new locations around the Maltese archipelago.

Computer models are also being utilised to extrapolate long-term wind data to different sites on the islands. A deeper and better understanding of local wind characteristics and of the prospects for electricity generation using wind energy conversion systems are two of the primary objectives of this ongoing research project.