Wind commerce Talk

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Wind Research as an Economic Driver Scott
GreeneProfessorDepartment of Geography Universit
y of Oklahoma
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Wind Research as an Economic Driver

• Wind-related Research
• Focus develop new products and services
• Aim companies can use these to create jobs and
  expand into new markets.

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Wind Research as an Economic Driver

• Wind-related Research
• Focus develop new products and services
• Aim companies can use these to create jobs and
  expand into new markets.
• Examples
• Wind Assessment
• Community wind
• Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
• Policy Analysis
• Geospatial Technologies
• Weather Forecasting

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Wind Assessment Developing advanced, innovative
climatological and statistical methods to more
accurately determine wind resource
WIND DENSITY CATEGORIES 3, 4, AND 5 AT 50 METERS
May 21, 2009
Workforce Oklahoma
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COMMERCIAL GRADE WIND AND POPULATION-LOSS COUNTIES
OKLAHOMA WIND POWER INITIATIVE ALLEN FINCHUM
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Community Wind

• OWPI will assist with
• Resource and economic assessment
• Anemometer install, data analysis and summaries
• Environmental Impact, carbon saving estimates,
  etc.
• Curriculum/course development

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Monthly Summary Reports
Wind studies gave an estimate of an 17,000
savings per year.
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Engineering Advances

• Ongoing efforts at OU and OSU to improve turbine
  design and electrical transmission
• Example Recent collaboration between OU,OSU,
  OWPI, OGE, and Siemens focus of a 12 million
  proposal

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Policy-Oriented Activities

• Analysis of policy-related options to stimulate
  renewable energy technologies
• Examination of issues associated with carbon
  emissions reductions.
• Wind/renewable energy
• applications in curriculum.
• Expanding opportunities
• for next generation

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Overall Research Outcomes

• Position Oklahoma to take advantage of economic
  benefits of emerging technologies in a
  carbon-constrained economy, via
• Commercialization of products unmatched in the
  wind industry
• Thorough understanding of optimal policy avenues
• Improved training and educational opportunities
• Advanced products and services

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Overall Research Outcomes

• Position Oklahoma to take advantage of economic
  benefits of emerging technologies in a
  carbon-constrained economy, via
• Commercialization of products unmatched in the
  wind industry,
• Thorough understanding of optimal policy avenues
• Improved training and educational opportunities
• Advanced products and services
• Net result
• a fully integrated cluster which will create jobs
  and expand business opportunities