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Title: Economic and Technical Feasibility Study of Utility-Scale Wind Generation for the New York Buffalo River and South Buffalo Brownfield Opportunity Areas

Abstract

Through the RE-Powering America's Land initiative, the economic and technical feasibility of utilizing contaminated lands in the Buffalo, New York, area for utility-scale wind development is explored. The study found that there is available land, electrical infrastructure, wind resource, and local interest to support a commercial wind project; however, economies of scale and local electrical markets may need further investigation before significant investment is made into developing a wind project at the Buffalo Reuse Authority site.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
OSTI Identifier:
1129276
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP-5000-60440
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Produced under direction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) under Interagency Agreement IAG-09-1750 and Task No. WFD3.1001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; EPA WIND POWER; EPA BROWNFIELD WIND POWER; BROWNFIELD WIND POWER; BUFFALO RIVER WIND POWER; WIND POWER; EPA; BROWNFIELD; BUFFALO; Wind Energy; Energy Analysis; Market Transformation

Citation Formats

Roberts, J. O., and Mosey, G. Economic and Technical Feasibility Study of Utility-Scale Wind Generation for the New York Buffalo River and South Buffalo Brownfield Opportunity Areas. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.2172/1129276.
Roberts, J. O., & Mosey, G. Economic and Technical Feasibility Study of Utility-Scale Wind Generation for the New York Buffalo River and South Buffalo Brownfield Opportunity Areas. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1129276
Roberts, J. O., and Mosey, G. 2014. "Economic and Technical Feasibility Study of Utility-Scale Wind Generation for the New York Buffalo River and South Buffalo Brownfield Opportunity Areas". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1129276. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1129276.
@article{osti_1129276,
title = {Economic and Technical Feasibility Study of Utility-Scale Wind Generation for the New York Buffalo River and South Buffalo Brownfield Opportunity Areas},
author = {Roberts, J. O. and Mosey, G.},
abstractNote = {Through the RE-Powering America's Land initiative, the economic and technical feasibility of utilizing contaminated lands in the Buffalo, New York, area for utility-scale wind development is explored. The study found that there is available land, electrical infrastructure, wind resource, and local interest to support a commercial wind project; however, economies of scale and local electrical markets may need further investigation before significant investment is made into developing a wind project at the Buffalo Reuse Authority site.},
doi = {10.2172/1129276},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1129276}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}