Publication: World Wind Energy AssociationYear Published: 2016 “Worldwide wind capacity reached 456 GWs” and would likely grow at 8-10% in 2016, a slower pace than had been achieve in recent years. A growth of 50,000 MWs per year would be slow, and in 13 years, would result in the 1M+ MWs of installed world wide.…
Author: Ryan Wiser, Mark BollingerPublication: Berkeley LabYear Published: 2016 This report shows that in the early years (1982-2004) of HAWT development, the industry realized a “learning curve” of 14.4%, meaning that costs per kWh dropped at this rate year on year. WHI predicts that VAWTs will realize a similar “learning curve” as they increase in…
Publication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2016 The three major factors leading to a projected lower Leveled Cost of Energy for VAWT created wind energy in CA than the alternatives are, they make double use of existing wind farm assets, they can be installed in high energy land where HAWTS can’t, and they can achieve the…
Publication: National Renewable Energy LaboratoryYear Published: 2014 The data from the Life Cycle Harmonization Project show that life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from technologies powered by renewable resources are generally less than from those powered by fossil fuel-based resources. Only the very highest estimates for biopower overlap with the range of a fossil-fueled technology, and the central…
Publication: US Environmental Protection AgencyYear Published: 2015 In 2012, a total of 411 power plants used coal to generate at least 95% of their electricity (EPA 2015). These plants emitted 1,412,038,949 metric tons of CO2 in 2012. Carbon dioxide emissions per power plant were calculated by dividing the total emissions from power plants whose primary…