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Wind Briefing
New Mexico Renewable Energy
Transmission Authority
Ron Lehr
Western Representative
American Wind Energy Association
October 10, 2007
Wind Energy Today
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60 GW worldwide
12 GW U.S., enough to serve 2.5 million households
Utility scale, mainstream part of portfolio
Reducing U.S. gas demand 5%
Requires no storage
Natural gas system = storage
Supports grid reliability
Promotes rural economic development
Uses no water
U.S. Wind Industry Status
• 2005 & 2006 - U.S. largest market for new wind
turbines in the world
• 11,603 MW installed capacity at end of 2006
– $18 billion total invested
• Three record years of growth 2005-07
– 2006 - 27% growth or 2,454 MW
– 2006 additional $3.7 billion invested
– 2007 additional $6 billion investment expected
• Wind - second leading source of new generation
Four Trends in the Market
• Market Scaling Up
– Sustained Growth
• Strong Investment, Larger Players
• Global Market/Supply Chain Growth
– Less Eurocentric
• More Robust Long-term Vision
A Few Bumps in the Road . . .
• Global Turbine Shortage
• Cost Increases
– Turbines and components
– Construction, transportation
• Compensating Reality: all energy is more
expensive today
Policy Matters!
• Inconsistent federal policy has been the
single biggest constraint on growth of the
U.S. wind industry
– Most manufacturers European and
beneficiaries of more stable policy
U.S. Annual Wind Energy Capacity Additions
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Continuity in the
federal tax credit
thanks to a timely
extension ensures
steady growth.
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What is the Wind Agenda?
• Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
– Bingaman calling for 15% by 2020
– RPS: one relatively simple and quick response to
climate concerns
• State RPS in 25 states a big driver
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards
WA: 15% by 2020
MT: 15% by 2015
ME: 30% by 2000
MN: 25% by 2025
WI: 10% by 2015
RI: 16% by 2019
MA: 4% by 2009
NY: 25% by 2013
NV: 20% by 2015
CA: 20% by 2010
CO: 10% by 2015 IA: 2% by 1999
HI: 20% by 2020
AZ: 15% by 2025
NM: 20% by 2020
TX: 5,880MW (about 5%) by 2015
CT: 10% by 2010
DE: 10% by 2019
NJ: 22.5% by 2021 DC: 11% by 2022
PA: 18% by 2020
MD: 7.5% by 2019
• 25 state standards
• Technology, vintage,
credit trading, sunset,
location eligibility
requirements differ
What is the Federal Wind Agenda?
• Tax Issues –
– long-term PTC extension
• H.R. 197 (Pomeroy 5 year)
– small turbine ITC
Wind energy potential
“Areas with good wind resources have the
potential to supply up to 20 percent of
the electricity consumption of the United
States.”
–President Bush, Advanced Energy
Initiative tour, 2006
Estimated wind capacity by state,
Scenario of wind supplying 20% of U.S. electricity
Reliable
• Utility scale, mainstream part of portfolio
• Requires no storage
• Supports grid reliability
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Western Governor’s Association
CDEAC Findings
• Governor’s goals attainable
• Transmission needed
• Abundant clean resource base in WGA region:
– Energy efficiency
48,000 MW
– Advanced coal
5,000 MW
– Biomass
10,000 MW
– Geothermal
5,600 – 13,000 MW
– Solar
8,000 MW
– Wind
9,175-54,000 MW
See: www.westgov.org (“CDEi”)
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Wind Power References
Economics: http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/ems/re-pubs.html
www.westernresourceadvocates.org
“Balanced Energy Plan”, Appendix A
www.awea.org/pubs/factsheets/Cost2001.PDF
Resource: www.energyatlas.org
Renewable Energy Atlas of the West
www.windpoweringamerica.gov
State wind power maps
Transmission: Primer: http://www.ncouncil.org/primer.pdf
Wind issues: www.nationalwind.org
transmission case studies
issue briefs
wind transmission workshops
RTO reports
Integration costs, capacity value:
www.uwig.org
Transmission Planning
MISO: http://windonthewires.com/presentation.cfm
Transmission Planning Update
Midwest Wind Power Development
Net Environmental Impact of Transmission
Buffalo Ridge Transmission Case Conditions
Wind Hydro Integration in the Missouri Basin
RMATS
www.westgov.org
WGA transmission report
www.ssg-wi.org
SSG-WI report
http://psc.state.wy.us/htdocs/subregional/home.htm
charter, participants, working groups, steering committee
meetings, stakeholder meetings, Phase I report
Wind Transmission Issues
Timing mismatch: Wind 12-18 months, Transmission 5-10 years
Short term: Network service
Dynamic scheduling
Virtual wheeling, interchanges
OATT Tariff issues: Imbalance Penalties, Scheduling and
forecasting, Firm and non firm service, rate pancaking
Physical congestion data: www.ssg-wi under “workgroups” and “reports” “Western
Inteconnection Path Flow Study” Feb 2003.
Long term: Wind development plan
Wind resource development locations
Wind markets: local, export
Transmission study model, data, participants, process
Reliability + economics + diversity policies
Existing transmission and upgrades
New transmission investments and cost recovery
Business case, risk reduction
Public policy case, generation diversity
NIMBY lawyer test
AWEA Proposal for National
Interest Transmission Corridors
New transmission
lines could bring
over 15,000 MW of
new wind online
West Wind Wires
MISO
Renewable NW Project
Renewable NW Project
Wind on
on the
the Wires
Wires
Wind
Interwest Energy Alliance
MISO
CEERT
CEERT
Western
Resource
Advocates
The Wind Coalition
Wind Power NY
Contact AWEA
www.AWEA.org
Ron Lehr [email protected]
303 504 0940
Or write to:
Randy Swisher
American Wind Energy Association
1101 14th Street NW, 12th Floor
Washington, DC 20005