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The Future of Wind Power: Increasing Economic Competitiveness as the Technology Matures
Business Insights, Sep 2008, Pages: 127
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Wind resources
- Wind turbine technology
- Offshore wind
- Environmental considerations
- Wind integration issues
- The cost of wind power
- The future of wind power
Chapter 1 Introduction
- Introduction
- The development of wind power
- The report
Chapter 2 Wind resources
- Introduction
- Wind speed
- Global wind resource
- Site-specific considerations
- Sources of wind resource data
Chapter 3 Wind turbine technology
- Introduction
- The anatomy of a wind turbine
- Turbine rotors
- Yawing
- The drive train
- Generators
- Towers
- Power quality and safety
- Major wind turbine configurations
- Grid connection requirements
- Capacity factors
Chapter 4 Offshore wind
- Introduction
- Offshore wind basics
- Offshore turbines
- Offshore support structures
- Offshore interconnection
- Regulations and planning
- Offshore wind costs
Chapter 5 Environmental considerations
- Introduction
- Repowering
- Environmental impact
- Lifecycle analysis
Chapter 6 Wind integration issues
- Introduction
- Grid stability
- Wind predictability
- Wind reliability and energy storage
- Integration cost
Chapter 7 The cost of wind power
- Introduction
- Capital costs
- The cost of electricity
- Operation and maintenance costs
- Small wind turbine costs
Chapter 8 The future of wind power
- Introduction
- Market maturity
- Cost comparisons with other technologies
- Global growth
- European growth forecasts
- US capacity growth
- Growth in China
- Repowering
- Small wind turbines
- Conclusions
Appendix
- WindData.com
- Wind resource in Brazil
- Canadian Wind Energy Atlas
- Wind Resource Maps Hong Kong
- Wind Power India wind resource data
- Mexico
- New Zealand wind energy resources
List of Figures
- Annual global wind capacity additions and cumulative installed capacity (MW), 1980- 2007
- Global installed capacity by region (MW), 2007
- Wind resource in the US by class (GW)
- Potential wind resource in Russia (TWh/y)
- Average wind turbine size, by year (kW), 1984-2005
- Average wind turbine size in the US (kW), 1988-2007
- 2007 US regional average capacity factors for wind projects built in 2006 (%)
- Capacity factors for Californian wind projects by year of commercial operation (%), 2007
- Growth in offshore wind generating capacity (MW), 1990-2007
- Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions for different power generation technologies (tCO2 equivalent/GWh)
- Energy payback ratio for different power generation technologies
- Wind penetration for the top wind countries (%), 2007
- Integration costs on Northwest Power System ($/MWh)
- Installed US wind project costs (($/kW), 1985-2007
- US wind turbine costs ($/kW), 1988-2007
- Wholesale wind electricity prices in the US ($/MWh), 2007
- Wholesale wind electricity prices in 2007 by region for projects built in 2006 and 2007 ($/MWh)
- Levelized cost comparison between wind and conventional technologies ($2007/MWh), 2007
- Future levelized cost comparison between wind and conventional technologies ($2006/MWh), 2010-2030
- Global wind capacity growth forecast (MW), 2007-2012
- Top ten countries by installed wind capacity (MW), 2007
- Capacity additions (MW) during 2007 vs installed wind capacity (MW), 2007
- European wind capacity forecast (GW), 2010-2025
- German Wind Energy Association capacity targets (MW) for 2020
- Forecast EU offshore wind capacity growth (MW), 2007-2020
- US wind capacity additions to meet the 20% wind by 2030 scenario (MW)
- Projections of wind development in China (GW), 2006-2050
List of Tables
- Annual global wind capacity additions and cumulative installed capacity (MW), 1980- 2007
- Global installed capacity by region (MW), 2007
- Wind classes as defined by the US DOE, based on wind speed at 50m above ground level
- Wind resource in the US by class (GW)
- Potential wind resource in Russia (TWh/y)
- Average wind turbine size, by year (kW), 1984-2005
- Average wind turbine size in the US (kW), 1988-2007
- 2007 US regional average capacity factors for wind projects built in 2006 (%)
- Capacity factors for Californian wind projects by year of commercial operation (%), 2007
- Growth in offshore wind generating capacity (MW), 1990-2007
- Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions for different power generation technologies (tCO2 equivalent/GWh)
- Energy payback ratio for different power generation technologies
- Wind penetration for the top wind countries (%), 2007
- Integration costs on Northwest Power System ($/MWh)
- Installed US wind project costs (($/kW), 1985-2007
- US wind turbine costs ($/kW), 1988-2007
- Wholesale wind electricity prices in the US ($/MWh), 2007
- Wholesale wind electricity prices in 2007 by region for projects built in 2006 and 2007 ($/MWh)
- Wind power prices for approved Chinese wind farms by Province (Yuan/kWh), 2007
- Levelized cost comparison between wind and conventional technologies ($2007/MWh), 2007
- Future levelized cost comparison between wind and conventional technologies ($2006/MWh), 2010-2030
- Global wind capacity growth forecast (MW), 2007-2012
- Top ten countries by installed wind capacity (MW), 2007
- Top ten countries by capacity additions (MW) during 2007
- European wind capacity forecast (GW), 2010-2025
- German WindEnergy Association capacity targets (MW) for 2020
- Forecast EU offshore wind capacity growth (MW), 2007-2020
- US wind capacity additions to meet the 20% wind by 2030 scenario (MW)
- Projections of wind development in China (GW), 2006-2050
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