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Hmmmm. Well, the attached cartoon is in line with your latter thesis, Tom. Hmmmm. Well, the attached cartoon is in line with your latter thesis, Tom. Wind Technology Costs and Issues with Grid Integration. Mary J. Hutzler Distinguished Senior Fellow Institute for Energy Research June 7, 2010.
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Hmmmm. Well, the attached cartoon is in line with your latter thesis, Tom.... Hmmmm. Well, the attached cartoon is in line with your latter thesis, Tom.... Wind Technology Costs and Issues with Grid Integration Mary J. Hutzler Distinguished Senior Fellow Institute for Energy Research June 7, 2010
Late 19th Century Wind Power: Energy Future or Past? Late 20th Century
Renewable to Carbon-energy Era: U.S.(Quads) Renewable Energy Era Carbon-energy Era 40 – Petroleum 30 – Natural Gas 20 – Coal Nuclear Power 10 – Hydroelectric Power Wood 0 2000 1975 1950 1925 1900 1850 1875 1825 1800 1775
Wind Power Issues • Represents a small portion of our energy requirements • Intermittent technology • Heavily subsidized: production tax credit of 2.1 cents per kilowatt hour through 2012 • Spain: for every megawatt of wind installed, 4.27 jobs lost elsewhere in the economy • Denmark: exports wind power to Norway, Sweden, and Germany • Large land mass requirements • Energy resource, not a capacity resource • Cannot be stored
Capital Costs of Generating Technologies in 2009 (2008 dollars/kilowatt) Source: Energy Information Administration, Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2010, Table 8.2
Estimated Levelized Cost of New Electric Generating Technologies in 2016 ($2008/megawatt hour) Source: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2010, http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/electricity_generation.html
Renewable Generation, 2009 and 2035 (billion kilowatt hours) Source: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2010, Table A.16
L Load high Wind low Load Low, Load High, Wind Low Load Low, Wind High
Coal Plants are Cycled as Wind Generation Increases in ERCOT (Nov. 5-12, 2008)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Under Several Cycling Scenarios Source: Master Resource, (http://www.masterresource.org/2010/02/wind-integration-incremental-emissions-from-back-up-generation-cyclin g-part-v-calculator-update/#comments
Hmmmm. Well, the attached cartoon is in line with your latter thesis, Tom.... Hmmmm. Well, the attached cartoon is in line with your latter thesis, Tom....