Wind power commercialization: DOE-EPRI-utility thrusts
- Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (United States)
Wind power activity in the U.S. electric utility sector has progressed over the past year, with forward motion on major, megawatt-scale projects in several states. Nonetheless, wind power expansion has slowed in the U.S. relative to two or three years ago. This is due to several factors, including growing price competition in the electric sector and continued availability of low-cost natural gas, the electricity restructuring movement, and recent political shifts. Consequently, maintenance of market momentum in the U.S. has become a challenge, and much of the turbine-supplier industry`s attention has turned to growing overseas markets. Significant U.S. interest in wind continues, however, as evidenced by major ongoing activities that involve U.S. utilities and a number of other stakeholder organizations. The National Wind Coordinating Committee (NWCC), formed in 1994, has assembled a strong program to encourage the responsible use of wind power, and to deal with key issues in a collaborative rather than an adversarial fashion. The DOE-EPRI-Utility Turbine Verification Program (TVP) has taken shape over 1994. Contracts for nominally-6MW installations were executed with Central and South West Services in Texas and Green Mountain Power Corporation in Vermont. The Texas wind plant is now under construction, involving twelve Zond Z-40 machines. Green Mountain Power`s bid for turbines is to be released shortly. And Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation was selected in a second-round solicitation.
- Research Organization:
- American Wind Energy Association, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 269345
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950309-; ON: DE96011159; TRN: 96:003988-0008
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 25. annual conference and exhibition on wind power, Washington, DC (United States), 26-30 Mar 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Windpower `95 - Proceedings of the American Wind Energy Association; PB: 624 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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