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*WIND IN VIRGINIA
Virginia, 2005 U.S., 2011
*PRESENT ENERGY PORTFOLIO
Source: EIA, http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/pdf/sec10_2.pdf
WIND
SOLAR
HYDROBIOMASS
GEOTHERMAL
COALNUCLEAR
*ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
*No SOX or NOX
*No particulates
*No mercury
*No CO2
*No water
20% WIND ENERGY BY 20302 %
20 %
Where is it windy?
LAND-BASED WIND
* VIRGINIA’S OFFSHORE WIND POTENTIAL IS LARGE.
IS IT COST-COMPETITIVE WITH FOSSIL FUEL GENERATION?
Fentress
VCERC identified 25 MMS lease blocks that appeared to have minimal conflict with existing uses by the Navy, NASA-Wallops, commercial shipping, or commercial fishing. These are
all beyond 12 nautical miles offshore and in water depths less than 100 ft, and could support 3,200 MW of wind capacity generating 11 TWh/yr, or 10% of VA’s annual energy demand.
*OFFSHORE WIND
BOEM Announced First-Ever Renewable Energy Lease Sales on the Outer Continental Shelf
*BOEM proposes in December 2012 leasing nearly 278,000 acres offshore Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Virginia for Wind Energy