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Wind Power

Wind Power. By: Greg Fisher. Turbine. Wind turns propellers surrounding a rotor. Rotor spins a generator to create electricity. Uses. Electricity grid 1 MW Single home or building 5-15 KW rating for home. . Wind Power Maps. Darker areas indicate more wind.

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Wind Power

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  1. Wind Power By: Greg Fisher

  2. Turbine • Wind turns propellers surrounding a rotor. • Rotor spins a generator to create electricity

  3. Uses • Electricity grid • 1 MW • Single home or building • 5-15 KW rating for home.

  4. Wind Power Maps Darker areas indicate more wind

  5. Existing Power Capacity (in MW)

  6. Choice Energy Wind power • Started by Columbia River PUD • Purchase electricity from wind power • Supports future renewable energy development

  7. Klondike • 16 1.5 MW turbines • Enough to power 6,126 homes

  8. Condon • 83 600 kW turbines • Enough to power 10,513 homes

  9. Stateline • 399 660 kW turbines • Enough to power 26,500 homes

  10. Hydro and Wind Balance • Existence of dams creates logistical issues • Dams are reliable • Wind storms cause excess wind energy • Divert water around dams.

  11. Impacts on Fish • Wind storm create electricity surge • Dams forced to reroute water in a harmful way to fish

  12. Impacts on Bats • Barotrauma is deadly to bats • Deadlier to bats than birds

  13. Impact on Birds • Very limited • Millions killed by house cats per year • Only thousands per year by turbines

  14. Future of Wind Energy • North Dakota and Texas have greatest potential • Washington is nearing max with potential capacity at 3740 MW and current capacity at 1575.38 MW

  15. Existing Wind power • Texas is in the lead • 8361.18 MW currently • 1095.55 MW in production • 136,100 MW potential

  16. Costs • Wind: 5-6.4 cents per kWh* • Hydro: 4-4.5 cents per kWh • Geo: 3.3-3.9 cents per kWh* • Nuclear: 4 cents per kWh • Coal: 2.6 cents per kWh • * taken from geothermal power website

  17. A few references • http://www.awea.org/projects/ • http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/wind_animation.html • http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4608418.ece • http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/wind_power_throws_a_curve_at_t.html • http://heraldnet.com/article/20090727/NEWS03/707279952 • http://www.windpowermaps.org/windmaps/windmaps.asp • http://www.crpud.net/residential/choiceenergy

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