Susan Williams Sloan, Communications Specialist

1
Wind Powers Role in the 25x25 Vision 2006
November 1
Getting to 20

• Susan Williams Sloan, Communications Specialist
• American Wind Energy Association

2
Wind Has Hit Sustained Takeoff

• 2005 ? record year in U.S. and world!
• 2,400 MW new capacity added in U.S.
• gt3 billion investment
• 45 over previous record year
• 12,000 MW added Worldwide
• 45 over previous record year
• In 2005 U.S. was again 1 in new installations
  (after lagging for decade)
• 35 greater than 2 Germany
• In 2006 over 4 billion investment expected in
  U.S.

3
Wind Ready to Become a Significant Power Source

• . . . its possible we could generate up to 20
  of our electricity needs through wind . . .
• President George Bush, February 21, 2006

4
Wind Ready to Become a Significant Power Source

• . . . we don't see any fundamental technical
  barriers at the present time to wind penetrations
  of up to 20 percent of system peak demand, which
  is far beyond where we are today."
• Charlie Smith, Utility Wind Integration Group
• Utility Wind Integration State of the Art
• http//www.uwig.org/UWIGWindIntegration052006.pdf
• Utility Wind Integration Group
• American Public Power Association (APPA)
• Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
  (NRECA)

5
The 10,000 MW of wind in the US can

• Power 2.5 million American households
• Save 600 billion gallons of water from being
  pulled from our nations aquifers
• Avoid emitting 16 million metric tons of carbon
  dioxide (CO2)
• Reduce natural gas use for power generation by
  approximately 3-6
• Provide 20 million - 40 million in lease
  payments to American landowners
• http//www.awea.org/10GW.html

6
Wind Ready to Become a Significant Power Source

• Legislative issues
• Production Tax Credit
• Small Wind (up to 75kW) Tax Credit
• Renewable Portfolio Standards
• Other policy issues
• Transmission capacity access
• Clean air credits
• Siting and wildlife

7
AWEA Building a stronger base of educated
supporters

• Active media outreach
• Conferences workshops
• Wind Energy Works! Coalition
• www.awea.org
• www.ifnotwind.org
• www.windenergyworks.org
• Working cooperatively with 25x25

8
Wind Energy Works! coalition

• Engaging the public debate over wind energy
  development with facts about the benefits
• Creating communications channels between
  coalition members and AWEA to coordinate and
  focus outreach efforts
• Demonstrate multi-faceted support for wind energy
  through high-visibility outreach activities
  including media outreach and pro-active policy
  support

9
20 Action Plan

• Collaborators AWEA, DOE, NREL
• Developing an Action Plan for Optimizing Winds
  Contributions to National Energy Needs
• Other collaborators welcome

10
20 Action Plan

• Task Forces Underway Critical Examination
• Utilities and Transmission
• Environment and Siting
• Resources
• Technology and Applications
• Markets and Acceptance
• Communications and Outreach
• Supporting Analysis
• Report due at WINDPOWER 2007 in June

11
Wind Energy Works for Americas economy,
environment, and energy security.www.awea.org