[Mit_energy] Wind Notes From AWEA

[Kurt Keville]

Windpower 2005 is largest stateside Wind Conference ever, see 
http://www.awea.org/news/news050518wp5.html

Global Wind Energy Council established...
http://www.ewea.org/documents/GWEC_US_launch_quotes.pdf

A German study states;

Large scale integration of wind energy in the electricity system is technically
and economically feasible

Wind energy installations in Germany can expand from almost 17 GW today to 36
GW in 2015 and 48 GW in 2020. Wind energy annual production triples from 23,5
TWh in 2003 to 77,2 TWh in 2015, providing 14 % of the German net electricity
consumption.

Wind energy increases only marginally the cost of electricity for the 
consumers: The
total additional cost caused by tripling wind power production up to 77 TWh 
in 2015
compared to 2003 is estimated to be between 1.6 and 2.3 Billion Euros on 
the basis of
minor or no price increases for fossil fuels. For an average household 
using 3.5
MWh per year the incremental cost due to higher generation costs and increased
grid charges would be in the order of 1 Euros per month.

http://www.ewea.org/documents/0510_EWEA_BWE_VDMA_dena_RELEASE.pdf

And on the local front...

A four-part series on the Cape Wind Project will air on the WB56 Ten 
O'Clock News starting Sunday, May 22, 2005, and continuing thru Wednesday, 
May 25, 2005.  Each segment will air between the hours of 10 and 11 pm and 
will include interviews with Jim Gordon, President of Cape Wind, and other 
interested parties.