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Wind Golden Northwest Aluminum Learn More In 2000, skyrocketing electricity prices led to a halt in production for Golden Northwest Learn more about wind energy at the following Web sites: Aluminum, the parent company of Oregon-based www.eren.doe.gov/wind Power Northwest Aluminum Company and Washington- based Goldendale Aluminum Company. The This site provides information about the U.S. Department of Energy’s company devised a plan to combine electricity wind energy program. supplied by the Oregon-based Bonneville Power www.oit.doe.gov Administration (BPA) with electricity supplied by This site provides information on the DOE Office of Industrial other sources. These other sources include wind This wind farm in southeastern Wyoming power developed in part by Golden Northwest. Technologies and summaries of wind-related activities undertaken on contains 69 600-kW wind turbines that provide The 24-MW Klondike Wind Power Plant near behalf of the nation’s largest industries. An overview can be found at green power for the customers of Eugene Water Klondike, Oregon, came online in December 2001. www.oit.doe.gov/cfm/fullarticle.cfm/id=355 and a summary report and Electric in Eugene,Oregon. Each turbine has at www.oit.doe.gov/pdfs/wind_power_1101.pdf. a hub height of 130 feet, three 66-foot blades, Northwest hopes to eventually develop several and weighs approximately 30,000 pounds. other wind projects. www.nrel.gov/wind The National Wind Technology Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Center is a world-class Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), based in research facility managed by Sunnyvale, California, currently purchases more the National Renewable than 24 million kilowatt-hours of clean renewable The San Clemente wind turbines were installed by the U.S. Navy to Energy Laboratory for the energy each year, and 90% of it comes from a provide power for base operations, reduce high fuel and operating costs associated with its diesel generator systems, and improve air quality. U.S. Department of Energy. Texas wind farm. Estimated annual fuel cost savings are more than $160,000. www.awea.org Schafer Systems, Inc. The American Wind Energy Association advocates the Schafer Systems, a plastics assembly plant in Uinta Brewing Company development of wind energy Adair, Iowa, has stayed ahead of the competition Uinta Brewing Company of Salt Lake City, Utah, as a reliable, environmentally thanks to its use of a wind turbine. Schafer is now 100% wind powered. Uinta purchases superior energy alternative in Systems installed a Vestas V27-225kW wind 100-kilowatt-hour blocks from Utah Power’s the United States and around turbine, which supplies the plant with 65% of its Blue Sky green pricing program. The brewery the world. annual electricity needs. The power is produced estimates that its renewable energy purchase for 2 1/2 cents less per kilowatt than electricity results in the prevention of 357,120 pounds of www.uwig.org from a utility company. The turbine has run carbon dioxide per year — the equivalent of The Utility Wind Interest virtually continuously since its installation in planting 71 acres of trees or not driving 348,400 Group is a nonprofit 1995. For more information, please visit miles per year. Uinta president and founder corporation whose mission is www.state.ia.us/dnr/energy/pubs/ Will Hamill thinks that consumers are drawn to to accelerate the appropriate renewable/rcase/rcase03.htm. a product that is brewed by 100% wind power. integration of wind power for utility applications through Bringing you the coordinated efforts and actions of its members, in collaboration with public and a prosperous private sector stakeholders. future where Options for energy is clean, abundant, reliable, Industry

Public Service of Colorado’s Ponnequin Wind Farm near the Wyoming border currently has 44 turbines that can generate up to 30 MW of electricity. This wind farm is a primary wind resource for the company’s and affordable Colorado Windsource® program, the largest customer-driven wind energy program in the country. Wind power is the fastest-growing source of electricity The explosive growth of the Explore Your Options worldwide. The American Wind Energy Association wind power industry offers 1. Purchase wind-generated power. A company can estimates that more than $40 billion will be spent an opportunity for industries choose to purchase wind power from a project worldwide over the next decade to build new wind to produce low-cost power developer or power supplier. Competitive green installations. The opportunities for industries that build, for on-site use and to sell power offerings exist in nine states today, and buy, or invest in wind energy are tremendous. the surplus power to the number continues to grow. Across the country, utilities or other customers. more than 300 utilities in 32 states currently offer The siting, construction, and Stabilize Energy Costs green power products, including some that can sale of electricity offers a Fossil fuels are subject to price fluctuations and supply be tailored to meet a customer’s preference for lucrative business venture for constraints. Wind energy is a vast renewable domestic a mix of renewable products. energy source, and industries can take advantage of wind U.S. industries. power to stabilize their energy costs and supplies. 2. Purchase “green tags,” a type of green power Assess Your Resource product available to industrial customers. Capitalize on Technology Wind projects begin with an These low-cost commodities represent assessment of the available wind resource the environmental attributes of renewable- With current U.S. Department of Energy R&D efforts to generated electricity. Green tags can be bought improve technology and take advantage of low wind speed in an area. The better the resource, the more economically feasible the project. by energy consumers regardless of proximity to resources, wind energy is poised to become one of the the power generation source. These products, most competitive forms of energy generation in the To better understand your wind resources, please see the wind maps at complete with certification and tracking from nation. Reducing the cost of a wind turbine without the generation source to the consumer, are sacrificing performance by developing superior low-cost www.eere.energy.gov/windpowering america/wind_resources.html available from an increasing number of materials for use in turbine components is vital to this power marketers. effort, and an emerging market exists for industrial and www.windustry.org/basics/ products and processes for the utility-scale and small 03-knowwind.htm. 3. Issue a request for proposals (RFPs) for green wind industries. power. An increasing number of companies are Build Wind Farms issuing RFPs for green power products to meet Enhance Corporate Image Companies planning to build wind farms may their power purchase needs. An effective RFP identifies the company’s goals for investing in Wind energy does not emit pollutants, wastes, or lease the land, procure an easement for land, renewable power and specifies all relevant greenhouse gases. In fact, a single 750-kW wind turbine or purchase the land outright. Companies are information on price and amount of power prevents annual carbon dioxide emissions equal to the building wind farms in partnership with sought and where the power should physically amount that could be absorbed by 500 acres of forest. farmers, rural communities, Native American be generated. An industry that harnesses energy from the wind not groups, and other organizations that own only helps the environment, it also enhances its suitable land. corporate image. Corporations with a European presence Supplemental Environmental Projects will especially find that their use of Use a Developer Supplemental environmental wind energy can be a powerful A developer acts as a middleman projects (SEPs) are a policy vehicle marketing tool. between the company financing designed by the U.S. Environmental the wind farm and the turbine Protection Agency (EPA) to give manufacturer. Developers provide Enjoy Tax Incentives violators an alternative to standard freedom from actually building A federal wind energy production tax fines for noncompliance. Instead of and operating the turbines. credit (PTC) is available for industries paying the full amount of its fines, engaging in the production of wind A company may also choose to the company can volunteer to fund power. The PTC, which is adjusted for eliminate the middleman by environmentally friendly projects. inflation, supports electricity contracting directly with the wind Federal law permits all states to generated from utility-scale wind turbine manufacturers that offer incorporate renewable energy into turbines for the first ten years of their a range of services. supplemental environmental operation. The federal tax code also projects, creating a positive includes a five-year accelerated For more information on wind outcome for both the company and depreciated schedule for wind project developers and existing the community. More information turbines. State incentives are also projects across the country, on SEPs is available at http:// available for both utility-scale and please visit www.awea.org/utility www.cdphe.state.co.us/ap/sep/ small wind systems. scale.html. SEPPolicy.pdf. Wind power is the fastest-growing source of electricity The explosive growth of the Explore Your Options worldwide. The American Wind Energy Association wind power industry offers 1. Purchase wind-generated power. A company can estimates that more than $40 billion will be spent an opportunity for industries choose to purchase wind power from a project worldwide over the next decade to build new wind to produce low-cost power developer or power supplier. Competitive green installations. The opportunities for industries that build, for on-site use and to sell power offerings exist in nine states today, and buy, or invest in wind energy are tremendous. the surplus power to the number continues to grow. Across the country, utilities or other customers. more than 300 utilities in 32 states currently offer The siting, construction, and Stabilize Energy Costs green power products, including some that can sale of electricity offers a Fossil fuels are subject to price fluctuations and supply be tailored to meet a customer’s preference for lucrative business venture for constraints. Wind energy is a vast renewable domestic a mix of renewable products. energy source, and industries can take advantage of wind U.S. industries. power to stabilize their energy costs and supplies. 2. Purchase “green tags,” a type of green power Assess Your Resource product available to industrial customers. Capitalize on Technology Wind projects begin with an These low-cost commodities represent assessment of the available wind resource the environmental attributes of renewable- With current U.S. Department of Energy R&D efforts to generated electricity. Green tags can be bought improve technology and take advantage of low wind speed in an area. The better the resource, the more economically feasible the project. by energy consumers regardless of proximity to resources, wind energy is poised to become one of the the power generation source. These products, most competitive forms of energy generation in the To better understand your wind resources, please see the wind maps at complete with certification and tracking from nation. Reducing the cost of a wind turbine without the generation source to the consumer, are sacrificing performance by developing superior low-cost www.eere.energy.gov/windpowering america/wind_resources.html available from an increasing number of materials for use in turbine components is vital to this power marketers. effort, and an emerging market exists for industrial and www.windustry.org/basics/ products and processes for the utility-scale and small 03-knowwind.htm. 3. Issue a request for proposals (RFPs) for green wind industries. power. An increasing number of companies are Build Wind Farms issuing RFPs for green power products to meet Enhance Corporate Image Companies planning to build wind farms may their power purchase needs. An effective RFP identifies the company’s goals for investing in Wind energy does not emit pollutants, wastes, or lease the land, procure an easement for land, renewable power and specifies all relevant greenhouse gases. In fact, a single 750-kW wind turbine or purchase the land outright. Companies are information on price and amount of power prevents annual carbon dioxide emissions equal to the building wind farms in partnership with sought and where the power should physically amount that could be absorbed by 500 acres of forest. farmers, rural communities, Native American be generated. An industry that harnesses energy from the wind not groups, and other organizations that own only helps the environment, it also enhances its suitable land. corporate image. Corporations with a European presence Supplemental Environmental Projects will especially find that their use of Use a Developer Supplemental environmental wind energy can be a powerful A developer acts as a middleman projects (SEPs) are a policy vehicle marketing tool. between the company financing designed by the U.S. Environmental the wind farm and the turbine Protection Agency (EPA) to give manufacturer. Developers provide Enjoy Tax Incentives violators an alternative to standard freedom from actually building A federal wind energy production tax fines for noncompliance. Instead of and operating the turbines. credit (PTC) is available for industries paying the full amount of its fines, engaging in the production of wind A company may also choose to the company can volunteer to fund power. The PTC, which is adjusted for eliminate the middleman by environmentally friendly projects. inflation, supports electricity contracting directly with the wind Federal law permits all states to generated from utility-scale wind turbine manufacturers that offer incorporate renewable energy into turbines for the first ten years of their a range of services. supplemental environmental operation. The federal tax code also projects, creating a positive includes a five-year accelerated For more information on wind outcome for both the company and depreciated schedule for wind project developers and existing the community. More information turbines. State incentives are also projects across the country, on SEPs is available at http:// available for both utility-scale and please visit www.awea.org/utility www.cdphe.state.co.us/ap/sep/ small wind systems. scale.html. SEPPolicy.pdf. Wind power is the fastest-growing source of electricity The explosive growth of the Explore Your Options worldwide. The American Wind Energy Association wind power industry offers 1. Purchase wind-generated power. A company can estimates that more than $40 billion will be spent an opportunity for industries choose to purchase wind power from a project worldwide over the next decade to build new wind to produce low-cost power developer or power supplier. Competitive green installations. The opportunities for industries that build, for on-site use and to sell power offerings exist in nine states today, and buy, or invest in wind energy are tremendous. the surplus power to the number continues to grow. Across the country, utilities or other customers. more than 300 utilities in 32 states currently offer The siting, construction, and Stabilize Energy Costs green power products, including some that can sale of electricity offers a Fossil fuels are subject to price fluctuations and supply be tailored to meet a customer’s preference for lucrative business venture for constraints. Wind energy is a vast renewable domestic a mix of renewable products. energy source, and industries can take advantage of wind U.S. industries. power to stabilize their energy costs and supplies. 2. Purchase “green tags,” a type of green power Assess Your Resource product available to industrial customers. Capitalize on Technology Wind projects begin with an These low-cost commodities represent assessment of the available wind resource the environmental attributes of renewable- With current U.S. Department of Energy R&D efforts to generated electricity. Green tags can be bought improve technology and take advantage of low wind speed in an area. The better the resource, the more economically feasible the project. by energy consumers regardless of proximity to resources, wind energy is poised to become one of the the power generation source. These products, most competitive forms of energy generation in the To better understand your wind resources, please see the wind maps at complete with certification and tracking from nation. Reducing the cost of a wind turbine without the generation source to the consumer, are sacrificing performance by developing superior low-cost www.eere.energy.gov/windpowering america/wind_resources.html available from an increasing number of materials for use in turbine components is vital to this power marketers. effort, and an emerging market exists for industrial and www.windustry.org/basics/ products and processes for the utility-scale and small 03-knowwind.htm. 3. Issue a request for proposals (RFPs) for green wind industries. power. An increasing number of companies are Build Wind Farms issuing RFPs for green power products to meet Enhance Corporate Image Companies planning to build wind farms may their power purchase needs. An effective RFP identifies the company’s goals for investing in Wind energy does not emit pollutants, wastes, or lease the land, procure an easement for land, renewable power and specifies all relevant greenhouse gases. In fact, a single 750-kW wind turbine or purchase the land outright. Companies are information on price and amount of power prevents annual carbon dioxide emissions equal to the building wind farms in partnership with sought and where the power should physically amount that could be absorbed by 500 acres of forest. farmers, rural communities, Native American be generated. An industry that harnesses energy from the wind not groups, and other organizations that own only helps the environment, it also enhances its suitable land. corporate image. Corporations with a European presence Supplemental Environmental Projects will especially find that their use of Use a Developer Supplemental environmental wind energy can be a powerful A developer acts as a middleman projects (SEPs) are a policy vehicle marketing tool. between the company financing designed by the U.S. Environmental the wind farm and the turbine Protection Agency (EPA) to give manufacturer. Developers provide Enjoy Tax Incentives violators an alternative to standard freedom from actually building A federal wind energy production tax fines for noncompliance. Instead of and operating the turbines. credit (PTC) is available for industries paying the full amount of its fines, engaging in the production of wind A company may also choose to the company can volunteer to fund power. The PTC, which is adjusted for eliminate the middleman by environmentally friendly projects. inflation, supports electricity contracting directly with the wind Federal law permits all states to generated from utility-scale wind turbine manufacturers that offer incorporate renewable energy into turbines for the first ten years of their a range of services. supplemental environmental operation. The federal tax code also projects, creating a positive includes a five-year accelerated For more information on wind outcome for both the company and depreciated schedule for wind project developers and existing the community. More information turbines. State incentives are also projects across the country, on SEPs is available at http:// available for both utility-scale and please visit www.awea.org/utility www.cdphe.state.co.us/ap/sep/ small wind systems. scale.html. SEPPolicy.pdf. Wind Golden Northwest Aluminum Learn More In 2000, skyrocketing electricity prices led to a halt in production for Golden Northwest Learn more about wind energy at the following Web sites: Aluminum, the parent company of Oregon-based www.eren.doe.gov/wind Power Northwest Aluminum Company and Washington- based Goldendale Aluminum Company. The This site provides information about the U.S. Department of Energy’s company devised a plan to combine electricity wind energy program. supplied by the Oregon-based Bonneville Power www.oit.doe.gov Administration (BPA) with electricity supplied by This site provides information on the DOE Office of Industrial other sources. These other sources include wind This wind farm in southeastern Wyoming power developed in part by Golden Northwest. Technologies and summaries of wind-related activities undertaken on contains 69 600-kW wind turbines that provide The 24-MW Klondike Wind Power Plant near behalf of the nation’s largest industries. An overview can be found at green power for the customers of Eugene Water Klondike, Oregon, came online in December 2001. www.oit.doe.gov/cfm/fullarticle.cfm/id=355 and a summary report and Electric in Eugene,Oregon. Each turbine has at www.oit.doe.gov/pdfs/wind_power_1101.pdf. a hub height of 130 feet, three 66-foot blades, Northwest hopes to eventually develop several and weighs approximately 30,000 pounds. other wind projects. www.nrel.gov/wind The National Wind Technology Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Center is a world-class Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), based in research facility managed by Sunnyvale, California, currently purchases more the National Renewable than 24 million kilowatt-hours of clean renewable The San Clemente wind turbines were installed by the U.S. Navy to Energy Laboratory for the energy each year, and 90% of it comes from a provide power for base operations, reduce high fuel and operating costs associated with its diesel generator systems, and improve air quality. U.S. Department of Energy. Texas wind farm. Estimated annual fuel cost savings are more than $160,000. www.awea.org Schafer Systems, Inc. The American Wind Energy Association advocates the Schafer Systems, a plastics assembly plant in Uinta Brewing Company development of wind energy Adair, Iowa, has stayed ahead of the competition Uinta Brewing Company of Salt Lake City, Utah, as a reliable, environmentally thanks to its use of a wind turbine. Schafer is now 100% wind powered. Uinta purchases superior energy alternative in Systems installed a Vestas V27-225kW wind 100-kilowatt-hour blocks from Utah Power’s the United States and around turbine, which supplies the plant with 65% of its Blue Sky green pricing program. The brewery the world. annual electricity needs. The power is produced estimates that its renewable energy purchase for 2 1/2 cents less per kilowatt than electricity results in the prevention of 357,120 pounds of www.uwig.org from a utility company. The turbine has run carbon dioxide per year — the equivalent of The Utility Wind Interest virtually continuously since its installation in planting 71 acres of trees or not driving 348,400 Group is a nonprofit 1995. For more information, please visit miles per year. Uinta president and founder corporation whose mission is www.state.ia.us/dnr/energy/pubs/ Will Hamill thinks that consumers are drawn to to accelerate the appropriate renewable/rcase/rcase03.htm. a product that is brewed by 100% wind power. integration of wind power for utility applications through Bringing you the coordinated efforts and actions of its members, in collaboration with public and a prosperous private sector stakeholders. future where Options for energy is clean, abundant, reliable, Industry