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    Exploring Wind Energy

    What Makes
    Wind

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    Global Wind
    Patterns

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    History of Wind Energy
    5000 BC 500-900 AD 1300 AD 1850s Late 1880s
    Sailboats used on the Nile First windmills First horizontal-axis Daniel Halladay and Thomas O. Perry
    indicate the power of developed in Persia windmills in Europe John Burnham build conducted 5,000
    wind Halladay Windmill; wind experiments;
    start US Wind starts Aermotor Company
    Engine Company

    1888 Early 1900s 1941 1979


    Charles F. Brush Windmills in CA In VT, Grandpa’s First wind turbine
    used windmill to generate pumped saltwater Knob turbine rated over 1 MW
    electricity to evaporate ponds supplies power to began operating
    in Cleveland, OH town during WWII

    1985 1993 2004 2013


    CA wind capacity US WindPower developed Electricity from Wind power provided
    exceeded 1,000 MW first commercial variable-speed wind wind generation over 17% of renewable
    turbine costs 3 to 4.5 cents per kWh energy used in US

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    Why Wind Energy?
    • Clean, zero emissions
    • NOx, SO2, CO, CO2
    • Air quality, water quality
    • Climate change
    • Reduce fossil fuel dependence
    • Energy independence
    • Domestic energy—national
    security
    • Renewable
    • No fuel-price volatility
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    Renewable Electric Capacity Worldwide

    US DOE, EERE 2013 Renewable


    Energy Data Book
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    US Electricity Generation from Non-Hydro Renewables
    300

    Geothermal

    250
    Waste
    Wood
    Solar Thermal
    Solar Photovoltaic
    200
    Wind
    Million kilowatt-hours

    150

    100

    50

    0
    1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012 2013
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    Top Wind Power Producing States, 2013
    Rank State Thousand MWh Rank State Thousand MWh
    1 Texas 35,937 14 Indiana 3,483
    2 Iowa 15,571 15 Pennsylvania 3,339
    3 California 13,230 16 South Dakota 2,688
    4 Oklahoma 10,881 17 Idaho 2,545
    5 Illinois 9,607 18 Michigan 2,524
    6 Kansas 9,430 19 New Mexico 2,188
    7 Minnesota 8,065 20 Nebraska 1,799
    8 Oregon 7,452 21 Montana 1,661
    9 Colorado 7,382 22 Wisconsin 1,562
    10 Washington 7,008 23 West Virginia 1,391
    11 North Dakota 5,530 24 Missouri 1,168
    12 Wyoming 4,415 25 Ohio 1,137
    13 New York 3,548
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    Annual Installed U.S. Wind Power Capacity

    AWEA U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report Year Ending 2013
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    Installed Wind Capacities |1999-Present
    1999 Total: 2,500 MW As of 6/30/2014 Total: 61,946 MW

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    Top Twenty States for Wind Energy Potential
    Potential Potential
    Rank State Installed Rank State Installed
    Capacity (MW) Capacity (MW)
    1 Texas 1,901,530 11 New Mexico 492,083
    2 Kansas 952,371 12 Minnesota 489,271
    3 Montana 944,004 13 Colorado 387,220
    4 Nebraska 917,999 14 Missouri 274,355
    5 South Dakota 882,412 15 Illinois 249,882
    6 North Dakota 770,196 16 Indiana 148,228
    7 Iowa 570,714 17 Wisconsin 103,757
    8 Wyoming 552,073 18 Michigan 59,042
    9 Oklahoma 516,822 19 Ohio 54,920
    10 Alaska 494,703 20 California 34,110

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    U.S. Wind
    Resource
    Map

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    Transmissio
    n
    Challenges

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    China Leads the World in Wind Capacity
    Total Installed Generating Capacity (MW)
    Top
    Top 55 Countries
    Countries for
    for 2013
    2013
    New
    New Installed
    Installed Capacity
    Capacity
    1.
    1. China
    China
    2.
    2. Germany
    Germany
    3.
    3. United
    United Kingdom
    Kingdom
    4.
    4. India
    India
    5.
    5. Canada
    Canada

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    Why Such Growth? …costs are low!
    • Increased Turbine Size
    • R&D Advances
    • Manufacturing Improvements

    1979 2000 2004 2011


    40 cents/kWh 4-6 cents/kWh 3-4.5 cents/kWh Less than 5
    cents/kWh

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    Modern Wind Turbines
    Turbines can be categorized into two classes based on the orientation of the rotor.

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    Vertical-Axis Turbines
    Advantages Disadvantages
    • Omni-directional • Rotors generally near ground
    • accepts wind from any direction where wind is poorer
    • Components can be mounted • Centrifugal force stresses blades
    at ground level • Poor self-starting capabilities
    • ease of service • Requires support at top of
    • lighter weight towers turbine rotor
    • Can theoretically use less • Requires entire rotor to be
    materials to capture the same removed to replace bearings
    amount of wind • Overall poor performance and
    reliability
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    Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines
    Small (<10 kW) Intermediate(10-250 kW)
    • Homes • Village Power
    • Farms • Hybrid Systems
    • Remote Applications (e.g., • Distributed Power
    water pumping, Telecom
    sites, ice making)

    Large (250 kW-2+ MW)


    • Central Station Wind Farms
    • Distributed Power
    • Schools

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    Large Wind Turbines
    Common Utility-Scale Turbines
    • 328’ base to blade
    • Each blade is 112’
    • 200 tons total
    • Foundation 20’ deep
    • Rated at 1.5-2 megawatts
    • Supply about 500 homes

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    Wind Turbine Components
    How a Wind Turbine Operates
    Installation of
    Wind Turbines

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    Wind Turbine Perspective
    Workers Blade
    112’ long

    Nacelle
    56 tons

    Tower
    3 sections

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    Wind Farms

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    Offshore Wind Farms

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    Residential
    Wind Systems
    and Net
    Metering

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    Potential Impacts and Issues
    • Property Values
    • Noise
    • Visual Impact
    • Land Use
    • Wildlife Impact

    Properly siting a wind turbine can mitigate many of these issues.

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    Impacts of
    Wind Power:
    Noise
    Wildlife
    Impacts

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    For More Information
    The NEED Project
    • www.need.org
    • [email protected]
    • 1-800-875-5029
    Energy Information
    Administration
    • U.S. Department of Energy
    • www.eia.gov

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