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State of the Wind Industry

State of the Wind Industry. Denise Bode CEO American Wind Energy Association. American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Founded in 1974 More than 2,500 business members Wind project developers Wind turbine manufacturers Component manufacturers: towers, blades, gears

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State of the Wind Industry

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  1. State of the Wind Industry Denise Bode CEO American Wind Energy Association

  2. American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) • Founded in 1974 • More than 2,500 business members • Wind project developers • Wind turbine manufacturers • Component manufacturers: towers, blades, gears • More than 8,000 parts in a turbine • www.AWEA.org provides extensive info on wind

  3. Perspective

  4. Global Competition • At least 37 nations have mandatory renewable energy requirements

  5. U.S. Wind Power Installations Total Installation in 3Q 2009: 1,649 MW Total Installation in 2009: 5,800 MW Total U.S. Installation through 3Q 2009: 31,100 MW MW of Wind Installed Source: AWEA

  6. Vision for the Future

  7. 20% Wind Energy by 2030 • U.S. Department of Energy: “The U.S. possesses sufficient and affordable wind resources to obtain at least 20% of its electricity from wind by the year 2030.”

  8. Wind Project Development 46 states would have wind development by 2030 under the 20% Vision Source: U.S. DOE, 20% Wind Energy by 2030

  9. Job Projections Under 20% Report • Over 500,000 total jobs would be supported by the wind industry • In 2008, wind industry added 35,000 new jobs Source: U.S. DOE, 20% Wind Energy by 2030

  10. Wind Manufacturing Facilities Across the U.S. Major facilities online prior to 2008 All new online in 2008 – 2Q 2009 Announced facilities • 55 manufacturing facilities opened, expanded or announced in 2008 • Wind industry now employs 85,000 in U.S.

  11. How We Get There

  12. Policy Timeline for Wind – Looking Ahead

  13. Policy Timeline for Wind – In Perspective

  14. National Renewable Electricity Standard • A strong 25% by 2025 RES would create: • 8-fold increase in homegrown renewable energy – from 28,000 MW to 248,000 MW • 297,000 new jobs • $13.5 billion in income to farmers, landowners, and ranchers • $11.5 billion in new local tax revenue • $64.3 billion savings from lower consumer expenditures • All at no cost to the taxpayer Source: Union of Concerned Scientists, 2009

  15. Additional Renewable Generation Required to Meet RES Scenarios Compared to State RES Programs, Post-2009

  16. Conceptual Vision: Green Power Superhighways

  17. Wind Power in Queues (MW) Washington 5,831 VT 155 Montana 2327 Maine 1,398 North Dakota 11,493 Minnesota 20,011 NH 396 Oregon 9,361 South Dakota 30,112 Wisconsin 908 Idaho 446 New York 8,000 MA 492 Wyoming 7,870 Michigan 2,518 RI 347 Iowa 14,569 Penn. 3,391 Nevada 3,913 Nebraska 3,726 NJ 1416 Indiana 8,426 Ohio 3,683 Illinois 16,284 Utah 1,052 WV 1,045 DE 450 Colorado 16,602 Kansas 13,191 VA 820 California 18,629 MD 810 Missouri 2,050 Oklahoma 14,677 Arizona 7,268 Under 1000 MW 1,000 MW-8,000 MW Over 8,000 MW New Mexico 14,136 Arkansas 210 Texas 63,504 Total 311,155 MW

  18. Adapting Power Grid to Accommodate Wind • Wind is an energy resource, not a capacity resource • ‘Reliability’ concerns often founded on serious misunderstandings of how grid operates, how wind projects fit into system operations • Wind power output is ‘variable,’ not ‘intermittent’ • Wind forecasting plays key role today, will play increasingly important role in future • There is a cost to managing wind’s variability – depends upon system’s characteristics, but is generally low • Many wind integration studies have been performed in US, EU

  19. Thank you! More information : www.awea.org | 202-383-2500 | windmail@awea.org www.awea.org/events

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