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Study of UPLAN based resources planning & analysis by power generation utilities in the deregulated electricity market
Baldick, Ross (contributor) - 2010
Generators bid into the deregulated electricity market in order to get committed & dispatched for meeting demands. In order to maximize their revenues & minimize the cost, systematic planning of the resources and analyzing the results is crucial to the success of any generation utility. UPLAN...
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Wind Energy Workforce Development: A Roadmap to a Sustainable Wind Industry (Poster)
Baring-Gould, I.; Kelly, M. - 2010
As the United States moves toward a vision of greatly expanded wind energy use as outlined in the U.S. Department of Energy's 20% Wind Energy by 2030 report, the need for skilled workers at all levels in the industry is repeatedly identified as a critical issue. This presentation is an overview...
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Quantifying the Economic Development Impacts of Wind Power in Six Rural Montana Counties Using NREL's JEDI Model; Period of Performance: December 1, 2003--May 31, 2004
Costanti, M. - 2008
The economic development potential that wind power offers is often an overlooked aspect of today's wind power projects. Much has been written about how wind can spur economic development, but few have attempted to quantify these impacts. Using the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's)...
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Appropriate Methodology for Assessing the Economic Development Impacts of Wind Power
NWCC Economic Development Work Group - 2008
OAK-B135 Interest in wind power development is growing as a means of expanding local economies. Such development holds promise as a provider of short-term employment during facility construction and long-term employment from ongoing facility operation and maintenance. It may also support some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435507
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Economic Development Impacts of Wind Power--Case Studies Fact Sheet
NWCC Economic Development Work Group - 2008
OAK-B135 Interest in wind power development is growing as a means of expanding local economies. Such development holds promise as a provider of short-term employment during facility construction and long-term employment from ongoing facility operation and maintenance (O&M). It may also add to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435508
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Factors driving wind power development in the United States
Bird, Lori A.; Parsons, Brian; Gagliano, Troy; Brown, … - 2008
In the United States, there has been substantial recent growth in wind energy generating capacity, with growth averaging 24 percent annually during the past five years. About 1,700 MW of wind energy capacity was installed in 2001, while another 410 MW became operational in 2002. This year (2003)...
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Evaluating state markets for residential wind systems: Results from an economic and policy analysis tool
Edwards, Jennifer L.; Wiser, Ryan; Bolinger, Mark; … - 2009
analysis of the impact of existing and proposed state and federal incentives on the economics of grid-connected, residential … small wind systems. Berkeley Lab has designed the Small Wind Analysis Tool (SWAT) to compare system economics under current … incentive structures a cross all 50 states. SWAT reports three metrics to characterize residential wind economics in each state …
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Economic Development Impacts in Colorado from Four Vestas Manufacturing Facilities, Wind Powering America Fact Sheet Series
2009
This case study summarizes the economic development benefits to Colorado from four Vestas manufacturing facilities: one in Windsor, two in Brighton, and one in Pueblo (which is planned to be the world's largest tower-manufacturing facility). In the midst of an economic slowdown during which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435676
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The renewables portfolio standard in Texas: An early assessment
Wiser, Ryan H.; Langniss, Ole - 2008
Texas has rapidly emerged as one of the leading wind power markets in the United States. This development can be largely traced to a well-designed and carefully implemented renewables portfolio standard (RPS). The RPS is a new policy mechanism that has received increasing attention as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435713
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Fatigue reliability of wind turbine fleets: The effect of uncertainty of projected costs
Veers, P.S. - 2010
perception is often far from correct. Different amounts of common versus independent uncertainty can cause different numbers of … the first time to conduct a detailed economic analysis of the effects of uncertainty on fleet costs. By dividing the … uncertainty into common and independent parts, the percentage of components expected to fail in each year of operation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435781