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Renewable Energy Siting Partnership

Rhode Island

Renewable Energy Siting Partnership(RESP)

Injecting Useful and Credible Information into Wind

Power SitingDanny Musher

Friday, October 26, 2012

Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA

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Rhode Islanders will have access to relevantinformation so they may make informed, fact-

based decisions about renewable energy

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RESP Project Team

RI Office of Energy Resources

University of Rhode Island

College of Environment & Life Sciences (CELS)

Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO)

Outreach Center (OC) / Land Grant Energy Program

Coastal Resources Center (CRC) / RI Sea Grant

At the heart of URI's Land Grant mission, Cooperative Extension helps

people to improve their lives and communities by extending University-

based research for the benefit of families, farms and the environment.

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RESP Project Team

RI Office of Energy Resources

University of Rhode Island

College of Environment & Life Sciences (CELS)

Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO)

Outreach Center (OC) / Land Grant Energy Program

Coastal Resources Center (CRC) / RI Sea Grant

Our approach technical expertise,

combined with extension & education

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Wind Energy Siting - Project Purpose

Provide technical support to the State of Rhode Island to facilitate the siting

and permitting of land based commercial (100 kW) to municipal scale (1.5MW)wind energy facilities in the State of Rhode Island.

Understand and compile the best available sciencespecific to the Rhode

Island landscape

Provide Rhode Islands state agencies and municipalities with guidelines and

standardsto better manage and regulate the wind energy industry

Provide mapping products and siting decision support tools

Apply an integrated public processthat fosters and engages a well informed

and well represented constituency

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Project Phases

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Events: Monthly meetings

Field Trips

Working Groups

E- Resources:

ListSERV

Web Site

RESP Stakeholder Process

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Stakeholders:

Rhode Island residents

Municipal officials & staff

State agencies

Narragansett Indian Tribe Regional planning entities

Non-profits/Non-governmental

organizations

RESP Stakeholder Process

Rhode Island colleges &

universities

Chambers of Commerce

Tourism Councils Historical Societies

Land Trusts

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Wind Energy Siting - Project Scope

1. Wind Resource Assessment & Facility Siting

Methodology

2. Wind Profile Data Collection, Selected Sites in RI

3. Acoustic & Flicker Fields

4. Interference with Communication Systems

5. Avian Ecology Birds & Bats

6. GIS Support (Mapping) & Web Decision Support Tool

7. Public Engagement

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Wind Energy Siting - Wind Resource Assessment &Facility Siting Methodology

Wind resource

Land use Property line setbacks

Noise impacts

Flicker impacts

FAA restrictions

Line of site communications Physical impact zones static and

dynamic (with blade loss) fall

Icing

Distance to grid

Number of wind turbines

Ecological impact

Visual impact

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Wind Energy Siting - GIS Support (Mapping) &Web Decision Support Tool

Design review ofexisting renewable

energy web mapping

applications and online

decision support tools

Map and data products

Online map viewer and

decision support

system

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Issues of Note

Research versus guidelines objective versus subjective

Broad applicability of general guidelines in a

heterogeneous landscape

Human versus environmental issues

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Thank you!

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Wind Energy Siting - Wind Profile Data Collection,Selected Sites in RI

Objective:Acquisition, analysis,and distribution of wind data to

support wind resource assessment.

Goal: Substantially strengthen the

quality and quantity of wind data(including vertical structure) to

reduce the uncertainties in the

wind resource analysis.

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SODAR Unit

MET Tower

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Wind Energy Siting -Acoustic & Flicker Fields

Investigate variations in noise levels

caused by differences in wind speed andatmospheric conditions.

Provide noise level contours around a

wind turbine so that guidelines can be

established on setbacks from the turbine. Provide guidelines on minimum setbacks

from the wind turbine to avoid problems

associated with flicker. The rotating wind

turbine blades can cast moving shadows

that cause a flickering effect and can

affect residents living nearby.

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Wind Energy Siting - Interference with Communication Systems

Review of the literature will be performed to assess

the potential electromagnetic field (EMF)interferenceresulting from wind turbine operations

on communication systems

Assessment of the impact of power grid system

currently in operation

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Wind Energy Siting -Avian Ecology Birds & Bats

Literature review summarizing the effects

of terrestrial wind turbines on birds and

bats, both in the United States and

Europe.

GIS maps for the following information:

1. Distribution of breeding birds in Rhode

Island;2. Distribution and abundance of birds in

winter in Rhode Island (based on

Christmas Bird Counts);

3. Distribution of federally-listed and

state-listed threatened or endangeredspecies in the Rhode Island.

http://seagrant.gso.uri.e

du/oceansam

p/pdf/appendix/11a-PatonAvian

Rept.pdf

RI Fish & Wildlife Service

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Wind Energy Siting - Public Engagement

1) Gauge public / stakeholder

understanding of renewable energyissues in order to design education

& outreach tools

2) Provide research and technical

information to stakeholders in a

format that is clear &understandable

3) Identify key issues of public interest

and issues of concern and

opportunity

4) Reflect public preference for various

forms of public participation

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1. Wind Resources 2. Project Specification 3. Power Production

4. Site Characterization 5. Project Impacts 6. Economics

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80m Distribution-Lefty-Axis

1.65MW WTG Power Curve -Righty-Axis

Table12-11 Revenues,Expenses& Net Cash Flows: 2-MW @ TaylorPoint

ProjectYear

ElectricityValue

RECPrice

Revenue Op.Ex.Debt

S erv i ce(P+I)

AnnualNetCash

Benefits

CumulativeCash

Benefits

($ /MWh) ($ /MWh) ($ ) ($ ) ($ ) ($ ) ($ )

0 $0 $0

1 $106 .91 $26 .00 $486 ,179 ($82,800) ($380,484) $22,896 $22,896

2 $112 .68 $24 .50 $504 ,606 ($85,103) ($380,484) $39,020 $61,916

3 $116 .45 $23 .00 $525 ,480 ($140,574) ($380,484) $4,422 $66,338

4 $119 .28 $23 .00 $543 ,795 ($144,088) ($380,484) $19,223 $85,561

5 $121 .80 $25 .50 $567 ,353 ($147,690) ($380,484) $39,179 $124,741

6 $124 .48 $26 .50 $582 ,840 ($151,797) ($380,484) $50,559 $175,300

7 $127 .67 $24 .00 $584 ,379 ($155,167) ($380,484) $48,729 $224,028

8 $131 .15 $20 .50 $584 ,842 ($159,046) ($380,484) $45,312 $269,340

9 $134 .85 $20 .00 $597 ,144 ($163,022) ($380,484) $53,638 $322,978

10 $138.71 $19.50 $611,678 ($167,556) ($380,484) $63,639 $386,617

11 $142.79 $19.50 $625,741 ($195,255) ($380,484) $50,002 $436,618

12 $148.93 $21.00 $654,400 ($199,537) ($380,484) $74,380 $510,998

13 $157.03 $21.00 $684,711 ($203,926) ($380,484) $100,301 $611,299

14 $164.66 $21.00 $715,222 ($208,930) ($380,484) $125,808 $737,107

15 $171.71 $21.00 $739,895 ($213,036) ($380,484) $146,375 $883,483

16 $179.04 $21.00 $767,495 ($217,762) ($0) $549,733 $1,433,216

17 $185.82 $21.00 $793,062 ($222,607) $0 $570,455 $2,003,671

18 $193.68 $21.00 $824,785 ($228,130) $0 $596,655 $2,600,326

19 $203.12 $21.00 $857,991 ($232,662) $0 $625,329 $3,225,655

20 $212.06 $21.00 $891,578 ($237,879) $0 $653,699 $3,879,355

Energy Production vs Consumption

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100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

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ElectricalEnergy,

kWh

1.5MW WTG

1.65MW WTG

Energy Consumption

$/MWh

$20/MWh

$40/MWh

$60/MWh

$80/MWh

$100/MWh

$120/MWh

$140/MWh

$160/MWh

Year 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 7 Year 9 Year 11 Year 13 Year 15 Year 17 Year 19

Total OperatingExpenses

Costof Financing,P+I

Total Revenue + Savings

ComparisonofTotal Cost ofEnergy vs.Gross Revenue

($/MWh)

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