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SMALL & DISTRIBUTED WIND SYSTEMS. Texas/European Union Wind Energy Symposium 10/27/09 Vaughn Nelson Alternative Energy Institute, West Texas A&M University. WORLD WIND 2008. number MW Dist-Community >2,000 >500 Small (<= 100 kW) 600,000 200-250 Village, hybrid >1000 >50
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SMALL & DISTRIBUTED WIND SYSTEMS Texas/European Union Wind Energy Symposium 10/27/09 Vaughn Nelson Alternative Energy Institute, West Texas A&M University
WORLD WIND 2008 number MW Dist-Community >2,000 >500 Small (<= 100 kW) 600,000 200-250 Village, hybrid >1000 >50 Wind Diesel >250 >25 Telecomm # 500 2 Farm windmill 310,000 eq 155
SMALL WIND World 2008 production, 39 MW 200 + manufacturers China 50, Europe 40 New manufacturers (100 in last 2 years) China 50,000 units per year, 0.1-0.2 kW 40% exported US leading producer in the 0.5-50 kW range 17 MW in 2008; off-grid 3.7, on-grid 13.6 See awea.org; small wind
COST OF ENERGY, RANGE Wind Class 2-4 Capacity Factors 20-35% SYSTEM, kW $/kWh 1 0.35-0.20 10 0.28-0.18 50 0.23-0.15 100 0.16-0.13
US PV 50 W Wind 300 W 100 W Inner Mongolia China PV 100 W Wind 200 W China Telecomm 1 kW each
Chicago Aerotecture 1 kW units $8,000 each Energy Adventures Acquarium, CA Aerovironment 1 kW units
Subashi, China Wind 20 kW, PV 4 kW Diesel 30 kVA Batteries 1000 Ah Inverter 38 kW
Kotzebue, AK diesel 11.2 MW, wind 915 kW Northern Pow 100 kW 9, AOC 50 kW Ascension Island, diesel 3.8 MW, wind 2.7 MW 225 kW 900 kW
AEI, www.windenergy.org, 806 651 2295 Vaughn Nelson, Wind Energy, Renewable Energy and the Environment, WT Bookstore, CRC Press or Amazon