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The National View of Renewable and NonRenewable Energy

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY. National Wind Institute. The National View of Renewable and NonRenewable Energy. Earth, Wind & Fire Energy Summit October 4, 2014 _____ Andrew Swift Associate Director, NWI. Everything Wind!. Overview. Wind – a global industry US Data Texas Data

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The National View of Renewable and NonRenewable Energy

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  1. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY National Wind Institute The National View of Renewable and NonRenewable Energy Earth, Wind & Fire Energy Summit October 4, 2014 _____ Andrew Swift Associate Director, NWI Everything Wind!

  2. Overview • Wind – a global industry • US Data • Texas Data • Wind turbine architecture • Producing electricity • The attributes and business of wind energy • The National Wind Institute • Research and Commercialization • Jobs and NWI Education Programs

  3. Renewable power expanded globally last year: • The latest annual Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment, reveals that 44 per cent of all generating capacity installed last year around the world was renewable. Report: April 2014.

  4. Global Wind Power Capacity Expected to double in 5 years (GWEC) MW

  5. U.S. Wind Capacity Installations

  6. The US Department of Energy projects that wind energy in the US could grow to 20% of electrical power generation in the US by the year 2030. We are currently on track at 60 GW of wind installed. One GW is 1,000 MW

  7. Wind energy is competitive & Texas is a world class leader Electric Generation Capacity Additions Texas exceeds 12,000 MW No. 5 world wide 8.3% penetration Gov. Bush signs Texas RPS goal of 2,000 MW Texas updates RPS goal of 5,800 MW CREZ Lines initiated 2013 Wind Technologies market report, Wiser & Bolinger, LBNL / DOE

  8. Development is regional based on the resource

  9. 2013 Wind Technologies market report, Wiser & Bolinger, LBNL / DOE

  10. Modern Utility Scale Wind Turbine

  11. Wind Turbine Elements Drive Train Bed Plate, or Base Frame

  12. Wind Power Plant Connections

  13. Wind Turbine Technology: • Rotors continue to increase in size as technology improves and drives cost down • “GE’s wind unit have now developed a method for increasing turbine sizes which is akin to a surgical procedure, and involves the dismemberment of existing blades to augment their length via the insertion of custom-manufactured extensions.” • http://sourceable.net

  14. 2014 GE Brilliant 100 m RD 150 m ht 2006 Siemens 2.3 MW 82 m RD 121 m ht 2001 GE 1.5 MW 70 m RD 100 m ht 1996 Micon 700 kW 48 m RD 75 m ht 1995 Zond 500 kW 40 m RD 60 m ht

  15. Data from the American Wind Energy Association Texas leads the nation in installed wind capacity, providing almost 10% of the electricity consumed by Texans, and accounts for over 20% of all U.S. wind generation.

  16. Texas has both land-based and offshore wind resources

  17. Texas Is Tied Into All Three Electric Grids SPP (Eastern Grid) SPP (Eastern Grid) ERCOT Western Grid SERC(Eastern Grid)

  18. Texas Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) Process • In 2005 the Texas Legislature initiated the (CREZ) processin the state which included the requirement to plan electric transmission infrastructure to move electrical energy from renewable resource zones to load centers elsewhere within the state. CREZ lines under construction Snyder, Texas, July 2011 Photo courtesy of Charles Norland, Norland Photographic Art, St. Louis, Missouri.

  19. CREZ Zones and Transmission Projects

  20. Wind generation output sets ERCOT record March 26, 2014 wind energy output (in ERCOT) reached a record providing nearly 29 % of the 35,768 MW of electricity being used on the ERCOT grid.  Posted: Friday, March 28, 2014, The Blotter, www. Statesman.com

  21. Survey of 993 registered voters in Texas conducted by Baseline & Associates • 85% of Texans believe we should increase the production of renewable energy • More than 79% of Texans, including 71% of Republicans and 73% of self-identified conservatives, support financial incentives to recruit renewable energy businesses and associated jobs to Texas.

  22. Social and Environmental Issues and Attributes All forms of electric power production have social and environmental consequences Wind generates power with no emissions Wind is a local resource and does not exclude other land use, such as crops, livestock, etc. Wind provides significant tax and income revenue to the local community Wind uses no water to generate power

  23. Water Use for Power Generation: • Wind power saved 36.5 billion gallons of water in 2013, according to ACORE’s report. Dubbing wind energy a “drought-resistant cash crop,” farmers and ranchers are receiving consistent income from wind turbines installed on their land.

  24. Energy Employment Comparisons A 2009 Study at UC Berkeley showed wind energy to be more job intensive per unit of energy produced than other energy technologies. JOBS - US Wind Industry workforce: 50,500 (2014, Source American Wind Energy Association)

  25. Estimated Total Wind Energy Jobs (Professional jobs; 8-10% of total)

  26. The business of wind energy: • Wind Power Costs Decrease: • “Now the cheapest means of generating electricity in many parts of the country, net power generation from wind energy was up 19 percent year-over-year in 2014, meeting 4.13 percent of U.S. grid demand, according to ACORE”

  27. Energy Cost Comparisons PTC $23/MWh 2013 Wind Technologies market report, Wiser & Bolinger, LBNL / DOE

  28. TTU has a 44 year history of wind-related multidisciplinary research and education. • Wind Energy Programs were initiated in 2003.

  29. DOE-SNL Scaled Wind Farm Test Facility at RTC Field Site

  30. Continuing Research and Development Topics: • Turbine to turbine interaction • Smart wind farms • Larger rotors & direct drive generators • Grid Integration & ancillary services support • Storage capabilities • Cyber-security and safety • Technology disruptors

  31. TTU Education Programs Timeline Ph.D. in Wind Science and Engineering (2007 – NSF Support) First in the nation Graduate Certificate in Wind Energy (2009 – TWC Support) • Both Technical and Managerial tracks Bachelor of Science in Wind Energy (2011 – TTU Support) • Approved Fall 2011 as a Science and Technology degree • Offer a Minor in Wind Energy • Offer an Undergraduate Certificate in Wind Energy Nine Years (2005 to 2014) & significant investment to grow wind energy programs to current level.

  32. Bachelor of Science in Wind Energy GROWTH Fall 2014 • 170 majors • Over 500 wind energy courseenrollments

  33. Wind Energy Graduates have been employed by:

  34. Acknowledgements Carsten Westergaard, TTU Rick Walker, S.E.S. Neha Marathe, Wind PhD Candidate, TTU

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