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Let’s start with big wind…

Wind Energy Update 2006 Environment Summit Sustainability in the High Country September 23, 2006 Scott Suddreth. Let’s start with big wind…. Wind Power has become the least expensive and fastest growing source of electricity in the world. Global wind power market increased by 43% in 2005

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Let’s start with big wind…

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  1. Wind Energy Update2006 Environment SummitSustainability in the High CountrySeptember 23, 2006Scott Suddreth

  2. Let’s start with big wind…

  3. Wind Power has become the least expensive and fastest growing source of electricity in the world • Global wind power market increased by 43% in 2005 • Currently at 59,322 MW • Powering nearly 18 million homes • 10% world’s electricity by 2020 if current trends continues Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) –www.gwec.net

  4. Ashe County Project • Richard Calhoun has applied for a permit to install a 50 MW wind farm in Ashe County • Enough electricity to serve 12,500 to 15,000 homes. • This would be the first utility-scale project in the state

  5. Watauga County Wind Ordinance • 1st in the state! • Small wind (up to 20kW): apply for a permit • Large (over 20 kW): present application to Planning Board • Includes clarification of the Ridge Law exemption for Windmills • Details at www.wind.appstate.edu

  6. WNCREI: Free Wind Consultations Is wind right for you? Contact the WNCREI office at www.wind.appstate.edu or 828-262-7333 for a personalized wind map of your property.

  7. WNCREIOne Remaining Wind Workshop • Small Scale Wind Energy with Southwest Windpower • Saturday & Sunday, October 21 & 22 • Register at wind.appstate.edu

  8. Beech Mountain Research & Demonstration SiteGo visit the wind turbines [wind.appstate.edu] SWWP AirX 400W 33kWh/mon SWWP Whisper 100 900W 155 kWh/mo SWWP Whisper 200 900W 260 kWh/mo SWWP Skystream 500 1800W 600kWh/mo Jacobs 31-20 20kW 3991kWh/mo

  9. Newest installation at Beech MountainSouthwest Windpower Skystreamwww.skystreamenergy.com

  10. Bergey 10kW installed this summer in Haywood County

  11. Small Wind Incentives

  12. NC GreenPower Programwww.ncgreenpower.org To improve the quality of the environment by encouraging the development of renewable energy resources through consumers’ voluntary purchase of green power. • RFP process for green power • Haywood County Bergey = 1st wind producer in NC • Green Power program initially quoted an estimate of .06/kwh

  13. USDA Farm Bill Section 9006 Contact H. Rossie Bullock Business Programs Specialist 440C Caton Rd. P.O. Box 7426 Lumberton, NC 28359-7426 Phone: (910) 739-3349 ext. 4 Fax: (910) 618-9444 email: rossie.bullock@nc.usda.gov • Farmers and Rural Small Business Owners Can Apply for: • 25% from $2,500 to $500,000 • Or up to $10 million in guaranteed loans

  14. NC Renewable Energy Tax Credit • 35% for all technologies • Can take tax credit over 5 years • Up to $10,500 for wind turbines

  15. New Legislative Action • Small Wind Tax Credit • The U.S. House and Senate have introduced bills to create a 30% tax credit for the purchase of small wind systems used to power a home, farm or small business.  Please contact your Members of Congress and ask them to cosponsor this legislation. • Goto wind.appstate.edu

  16. Website Resources • Incentives www.dsireusa.org • NC GreenPower www.ncgreenpower.org • USDA Farm Bill www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/farmbill/9006resources.html • WNC Renewable Energy Initiative www.wind.appstate.edu • Windustry www.windustry.org • American Wind Energy Association www.awea.org

  17. Thanks… Questions?

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