Palmdale Water District Wind Turbine

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Palmdale Water DistrictWind Turbine
2008 ACWA FALL CONFERENCE DECEMBER 3, 2008 CURTIS
PAXTON
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CURTIS PAXTON

• Assistant General Manager of Palmdale Water
  District
• General Manager of the Antelope Valley State
  Water Contractors Association (JPA)

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CURTIS PAXTON
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CURTIS PAXTON
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OUTLINE

• Palmdale Water District
• History of Project
• Project Information
• Generation Portfolio
• Conclusions

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PALMDALE WATER DISTRICT
The District is a special district governed by a
5-member elected Board of Directors.
Jeff Storm Division 1
Raul Figueroa Division 4
Dick Wells Division 2
David Gomez Division 5
Linda Godin Division 3
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PALMDALE WATER DISTRICT

• 26,000 Connections
• Population Served 115,000
• Three sources of water
• State Water Project
• Groundwater
• Local surface water (Littlerock Dam)
• Operate 35-mgd water treatment plant

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HISTORY OF PROJECT

• 2001 California Energy Crisis
• Black Veatch energy study
• Options development goals
• Reduce long-term energy costs
• Incorporate renewable energy sources

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PROJECT INFORMATION

• Model
• NEG Micon 950 Kw
• Commissioning Date
• August 2004
• Collaborators PWD Staff, Black Veatch, NEG
  Micon, Oak Creek Energy Systems, Southern
  California Edison
• Project Cost
• 2.1 Million

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PROJECT INFORMATION

• Key Incentives
• California Self Generation Incentive Program
• Net Metering
• Energy Production
• August 2005 July 2006
• 1,351 MWh of power
• 95 of electricity needed at WTP
• Payback period 7 -8 years

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PROJECT INFORMATION

• Environmental Challenges
• City of Palmdale
• Mitigation Fence
• Birds
• Bats
• Wildlife

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PROJECT INFORMATION
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GENERATION PORTFOLIO

• Palmdale Water Districts generation portfolio
  includes
• A 950 kW wind turbine
• 30 kW of solar photovoltaics
• A 250 kW hydroelectric generator
• A 200 kW natural gas generator and 800 kW backup
  diesel generator
• An advanced energy management and storage system
  (California Energy Commission demonstration
  project)

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CONCLUSIONS

• On-site wind can be an economical application
  for water treament operations
• Wind generation can be successfully utilized
  with a variety of sources and minimize a
  utilitys footprint on the environment

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QUESTIONS
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