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Wind Technology Costs and Issues with Grid Integration

This analysis highlights the complexities of wind energy as a renewable resource. While it contributes to energy needs, wind power faces numerous challenges including its intermittent nature, large land requirements, and the need for subsidies. The historical context shows fluctuating contributions of renewable versus carbon-based energy sources over the years. Additionally, we assess the economic impacts of wind energy, noting job losses in other sectors and the importance of grid integration strategies to manage energy supply effectively.

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Wind Technology Costs and Issues with Grid Integration

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  1. Hmmmm. Well, the attached cartoon is in line with your latter thesis, Tom.... Hmmmm. Well, the attached cartoon is in line with your latter thesis, Tom.... Wind Technology Costs and Issues with Grid Integration Mary J. Hutzler Distinguished Senior Fellow Institute for Energy Research June 7, 2010

  2. Late 19th Century Wind Power: Energy Future or Past? Late 20th Century

  3. Renewable to Carbon-energy Era: U.S.(Quads) Renewable Energy Era Carbon-energy Era 40 – Petroleum 30 – Natural Gas 20 – Coal Nuclear Power 10 – Hydroelectric Power Wood 0 2000 1975 1950 1925 1900 1850 1875 1825 1800 1775

  4. Wind Power Issues • Represents a small portion of our energy requirements • Intermittent technology • Heavily subsidized: production tax credit of 2.1 cents per kilowatt hour through 2012 • Spain: for every megawatt of wind installed, 4.27 jobs lost elsewhere in the economy • Denmark: exports wind power to Norway, Sweden, and Germany • Large land mass requirements • Energy resource, not a capacity resource • Cannot be stored

  5. WIND

  6. Capital Costs of Generating Technologies in 2009 (2008 dollars/kilowatt) Source: Energy Information Administration, Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2010, Table 8.2

  7. Estimated Levelized Cost of New Electric Generating Technologies in 2016 ($2008/megawatt hour) Source: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2010, http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/electricity_generation.html

  8. Renewable Generation, 2009 and 2035 (billion kilowatt hours) Source: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2010, Table A.16

  9. L Load high Wind low Load Low, Load High, Wind Low Load Low, Wind High

  10. Impact of Wind on Generation Stack

  11. Coal Plants are Cycled as Wind Generation Increases in ERCOT (Nov. 5-12, 2008)

  12. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Under Several Cycling Scenarios Source: Master Resource, (http://www.masterresource.org/2010/02/wind-integration-incremental-emissions-from-back-up-generation-cyclin g-part-v-calculator-update/#comments

  13. Hmmmm. Well, the attached cartoon is in line with your latter thesis, Tom.... Hmmmm. Well, the attached cartoon is in line with your latter thesis, Tom....

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