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    This document discusses renewable energy growth, including large increases in global wind and solar capacity from 2002-2007. It focuses on Chapter 12 about the renewable energy revolution for large scale wind and solar power. The chapter covers topics such as photovoltaic growth, biofuels, wind capacity indicators, investments, and power generation. It also discusses small and large scale wind applications for farms, homes, businesses, and utilities.

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    This document discusses renewable energy growth, including large increases in global wind and solar capacity from 2002-2007. It focuses on Chapter 12 about the renewable energy revolution for large scale wind and solar power. The chapter covers topics such as photovoltaic growth, biofuels, wind capacity indicators, investments, and power generation. It also discusses small and large scale wind applications for farms, homes, businesses, and utilities.

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    This document discusses renewable energy growth, including large increases in global wind and solar capacity from 2002-2007. It focuses on Chapter 12 about the renewable energy revolution for large scale wind and solar power. The chapter covers topics such as photovoltaic growth, biofuels, wind capacity indicators, investments, and power generation. It also discusses small and large scale wind applications for farms, homes, businesses, and utilities.

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    Energy For Sustainability: Randolph & Masters, 2008

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    Energy for Sustainability

    Randolph & Masters, 2008

    Chapter 12:
    Renewables Revolution:
    Large Scale Wind and Solar
    Photovoltaic Capacity Growth
    Biofuels: Ethanol & Biodiesel
    Growth in Global Wind Capacity
    Renewable Energy Indicators, 2007
    Renewable Energy Investments
    Average Annual Growth Rates, 2002-2006
    Global Renewable Power
    Cumulative Solar Hot Water, 2007
    Global Wind Capacity Growth
    GWEC Forecast Wind Growth

    94.1
    Cumulative Installed Wind Capacity, 2007
    Annual Installed Wind Capacity
    Annual Installed Wind Capacity
    U.S. Wind Power Capacity,
    Annual & Cumulative
    Installed Utility-Scale Wind, Dec. 2007:
    16.8 GW
    Installed Utility-Scale Wind, Jan. 2007
    11.4 GW
    Virginia 50 m Wind Resource Map
    Small-scale Applications
    Farms, Homes, Businesses
    Off-Grid Water Supplementing Grid Power
    Pumping with Wind
    • Supplies
    water for
    120 head
    of cattle
    • 1 kW,
    • Connected to utility grid
    9-ft
    through house/farm wiring
    rotor,
    30-ft • 3 kW, 15-ft rotor, 23-ft tower*
    tower • Produces ~ 5,000 kWh/yr

    • Produces ~ 2,000 kWh/yr • Offsets ~ 3.8 tons CO2/yr


    • Costs ~ $10,000
    • Offsets ~ 1.5 tons CO2/yr
    * due to zoning restrictions
    • Costs ~ $4,000 installed (not recommended)
    Small-scale Applications
    Farms, Homes, Businesses
    Offsetting Selling Power
    All Utility Power Back to Utility
    • Excess
    power
    sold to
    utility
    • 50 kW,
    49-ft
    rotor,
    •“Net metering” utility power 90-ft
    tower
    • 10 kW, 23-ft rotor
    diameter, 100-ft tower • Produces ~120,000 kWh/yr
    • Produces ~ 15,000 kWh/yr
    • Offsets ~ 91 tons CO2/yr
    • Offsets ~ 14 tons CO2/yr
    • Costs ~ $150,000
    • Costs ~ $35,000
    Large-scale Wind Farms
    What about negative impacts of Wind?
     Aesthetics?
     Noise?
     Land use conflicts?
     Bird mortality?
    Causes of Bird Mortality
    Controlling Bird Loss?

    Although measures should be taken to reduce bird mortality, in


    siting and operating wind farms, the National Audubon Society
    strongly supports wind power development as a means to
    mitigate GHG emissions and climate change, a far greater

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