REALITY CHECK #3
Right in line with my thoughts on Civic Energy and definition of Clean Energy comes this press release about what could almost be called
homestead wind power, and from which I would like to quote:
“…Americans are increasingly
installing wind turbines near their homes, farms and businesses to generate
their own energy, concludes a new report released today.
The 2012 Market Report on Wind
Technologies in Distributed Applications is the first comprehensive analysis on
a growing field called distributed wind, which involves generating wind energy
close to where it will be used instead of purchasing power from large,
centralized wind farms. Distributed wind can range from a small, solitary
turbine in someone's backyard to several large turbines that power a
manufacturing facility or a neighbourhood.
‘The public often pictures large
wind projects with long rows of turbines when they think of wind power,’ said
the report's lead author Alice Orrell, an energy analyst at the Department of
Energy's Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory. ‘But this report provides detailed data that
shows this image is incomplete. Many of the nation's turbines are for
distributed, not centralized, wind projects.’
Some of the report's findings
include:
-- 68 percent of all wind turbines installed in
U.S. between 2003-2012 were distributed wind turbines, representing about
69,000 turbines that can generate 812 megawatts combined
-- About a third of all wind turbines installed in
the U.S. in 2012 were distributed wind turbines, representing about 3,800
turbines that can generate 175 megawatts combined….”
And what is more, scaled battery power appears on its way,
if Donald Sadoway wins through: http://t.co/80eC2rA6ba
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The PNNL press release can be
found at
...and the full report is at
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wind/pdfs/2012_distributed_wind_technologies_market_report.pdf
Civic Energy Link:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wind/pdfs/2012_distributed_wind_technologies_market_report.pdf
Civic Energy Link:
