For general information Wind Powering America Regional Contacts regarding wind power, please contact: (continued): U.S. Department of Energy Wind Program/ Jim Powell, Director Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Dwight Bailey, Wind Powering America www.eren.doe.gov/wind U.S. Department of Energy Atlanta Regional Office National Renewable Energy Laboratory/ 730 Peachtree Street, NE Suite 876 National Wind Technology Center Atlanta, Georgia 30308-1212 www.nrel.gov/wind (404) 347-2696 American Wind Energy Association Peter Dreyfuss, Director www.awea.com William Hui, Wind Powering America U.S. Department of Energy National Wind Coordinating Committee Chicago Regional Office www.nationalwind.org One South Wacker Drive Suite 2380 Chicago, IL 60606-4616 Wind Powering America Co-Chairs: (312) 353-6749 P.J. Dougherty, National Coordinator Bill Becker, Director U.S. Department of Energy Steve Palomo, Wind Powering America (202) 586-7950 U. S. Department of Energy Denver Regional Office Lawrence Flowers, Technical Director 1617 Cole Blvd., MS 1721 National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden, CO 80401 (303) 384-6910 (303) 275-4826 Wind Powering America Regional Contacts: Kathy Pierce, Director Curtis Framel, Wind Powering America America’s Wind Power . Hugh Saussy, Director U.S. Department of Energy A National Resource Richard Michaud, Wind Powering America Seattle Regional Office U.S. Department of Energy 800 Fifth Ave., Suite 3950 he Wind Powering America initiative is a Boston Regional Office Seattle, WA 98104-3122 T regionally-based effort to increase the use of JFK Federal Building, Suite 675 (206) 553-1132 clean wind energy in the United States over the Boston, MA 02203 next two decades. The Initiative challenges the (617) 565-9700 nation to meet five percent of our electricity needs The Department of Energy researches, develops by the year 2020 with wind power, triple the Dan Deaton, Acting Director and deploys clean, efficient, and renewable energy number of states with significant wind power Maryanne Daniel, Wind Powering America technologies to help meet America’s energy needs capacity, and increase the federal government’s U. S. Department of Energy while protecting the environment and strengthening use of wind generated electricity to 5 percent Philadelphia Regional Office the economy. 1880 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, by 2010. Suite 501 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 (215) 656-6950 WIND ENERGY PROGRAM United States Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY Washington, DC 20585 & RENEWABLE ENERGY DOE/GO-102001-1284 May 2001 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY What is Wind Resource Potential Helping States Harvest A New Crop Wind Powering America? The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) commitment to dramatically increase the use Wind Energy Program of wind energy in the United States: is helping to bring the A message of economic opportunity through " Establish new sources of income for American wind resource farmers, Native Americans, and other rural development to landowners American farmers, Native Americans, " Meet the growing demand for clean sources of and other rural Enron Wind Corp., Lloyd Herziger PIX09641 Enron Wind electricity landowners in states Resource Potential throughout the country. In Lake Benton, Minnesota, the Marginal Goals Fair fifth generation of farmers to earn a living from land Good owned by their family since 1884 were barely making a " Provide at least 5% of the nation’s electricity Excellent living and were prepared to sell their homestead. Instead, wind power developed on their property is by 2020 lmost every region in the United States, from providing them with over $40,000 in revenue. This " Double the number of states with more than “windfall” has allowed them to do two things for the first A Anchorage to Albuquerque and Vermont to the time in generations-become debt free and save for 20 megawatts of wind capacity to 16 by 2005, Virgin Islands, has areas suitable for wind energy retirement. The Lake Benton farm is not the only farm and triple that number to 24 by 2010 development. Some states, particularly in the saved through wind power development. Wind power development is leading to private investment, purchases " Increase wind’s contribution to Federal Great Plains from Texas to North Dakota, have of new homes, payments for college tuition, and public electricity use to 5% (1,000 MW) by 2010 significant wind energy potential. An increasing infrastructure investment in small communities number of energy consumers can also buy wind nationwide. Benefits generated power, even if it is not generated locally. " $60 billion in capital investment in rural ind power represents a major economic America over 20 years Wind turbines come in different sizes W opportunity for the United States. Wind " $1.2 billion in new income for American for different applications Powering America will help meet the growing farmers, Native Americans, and rural land- demand for energy and help establish new sources owners over 20 years of income for American farmers, Native Americans, and other rural landowners. The Wind Powering " $8 billion in annual capital investment in 2020 America Initiative also provides the technological " 80,000 permanent jobs in the wind industry and institutional support needed to ensure the in 2020 competitiveness of wind energy. Support activities " 35 million tons of atmospheric carbon include: displaced in 2020 ! State-level workshops ! State wind resource maps ! State-based anemometer loan program ! Federal use of wind-generated power ! Public power and rural cooperatives use of wind energy Wind turbines are available in a variety of ! Native American outreach sizes. The largest machines produce enough ! Small wind turbine program electricity to power almost 1,500 homes. Smaller ! Using wind energy projects to mitigate wind turbines are capable of supplying the power air quality violation penalties requirements of an all-electric home or small ! Earth Day activities business. ! Regional wind Web sites. What is Wind Resource Potential Helping States Harvest A New Crop Wind Powering America? The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) commitment to dramatically increase the use Wind Energy Program of wind energy in the United States: is helping to bring the A message of economic opportunity through " Establish new sources of income for American wind resource farmers, Native Americans, and other rural development to landowners American farmers, Native Americans, " Meet the growing demand for clean sources of and other rural Enron Wind Corp., Lloyd Herziger PIX09641 Enron Wind electricity landowners in states Resource Potential throughout the country. In Lake Benton, Minnesota, the Marginal Goals Fair fifth generation of farmers to earn a living from land Good owned by their family since 1884 were barely making a " Provide at least 5% of the nation’s electricity Excellent living and were prepared to sell their homestead. Instead, wind power developed on their property is by 2020 lmost every region in the United States, from providing them with over $40,000 in revenue. This " Double the number of states with more than “windfall” has allowed them to do two things for the first A Anchorage to Albuquerque and Vermont to the time in generations-become debt free and save for 20 megawatts of wind capacity to 16 by 2005, Virgin Islands, has areas suitable for wind energy retirement. The Lake Benton farm is not the only farm and triple that number to 24 by 2010 development. Some states, particularly in the saved through wind power development. Wind power development is leading to private investment, purchases " Increase wind’s contribution to Federal Great Plains from Texas to North Dakota, have of new homes, payments for college tuition, and public electricity use to 5% (1,000 MW) by 2010 significant wind energy potential. An increasing infrastructure investment in small communities number of energy consumers can also buy wind nationwide. Benefits generated power, even if it is not generated locally. " $60 billion in capital investment in rural ind power represents a major economic America over 20 years Wind turbines come in different sizes W opportunity for the United States. Wind " $1.2 billion in new income for American for different applications Powering America will help meet the growing farmers, Native Americans, and rural land- demand for energy and help establish new sources owners over 20 years of income for American farmers, Native Americans, and other rural landowners. The Wind Powering " $8 billion in annual capital investment in 2020 America Initiative also provides the technological " 80,000 permanent jobs in the wind industry and institutional support needed to ensure the in 2020 competitiveness of wind energy. Support activities " 35 million tons of atmospheric carbon include: displaced in 2020 ! State-level workshops ! State wind resource maps ! State-based anemometer loan program ! Federal use of wind-generated power ! Public power and rural cooperatives use of wind energy Wind turbines are available in a variety of ! Native American outreach sizes. The largest machines produce enough ! Small wind turbine program electricity to power almost 1,500 homes. Smaller ! Using wind energy projects to mitigate wind turbines are capable of supplying the power air quality violation penalties requirements of an all-electric home or small ! Earth Day activities business. ! Regional wind Web sites. What is Wind Resource Potential Helping States Harvest