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Bay Area Wind Turbines
(The Other Bay)
Boston Area Wind Turbines (Partial)
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Logan AirportDeer Island: 2x 600 kW
Hull: 1x600 kW, 1x2 MW
Charlestown: 1x 1.5 MW
IBEW: 100 kW
BMoS Rooftop Wind
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Hull Wind (Hull, Massachusetts)
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Hull Wind
• The Turbine That Started It All!• Hull 1: V47, 2001• Hull 2: V80, 1.8 MW, 2006• 95% approval• Hull 3: 4 offshore turbines . . .
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Hull Wind 2: 1.8 MW, 2006
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Hull Wind 1: 660 kW, 2001
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Hull WindReal World Performance
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IBEW Boston, Mass.: 100 kW
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IBEW Boston, Mass.: 100 kW
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IBEW Boston, Mass.: 100 kW
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Charlestown, Mass (Boston): 1X1.5 MW
Logan Airport
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Mass Water Resources Authority
Boston Museum of Science
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Charlestown, Mass (Boston): 1X1.5 MWBoston Museum of Science
Boston Museum of Science
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Mass Water Resources Authority
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Charlestown, Mass (Boston): 1X1.5 MW
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http://www.mwra.com
Deer Island (Boston), Mass.: 2x 600 kW
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Medford, Mass (Boston): 1x 100 kW
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Medford, Mass (Boston): 1x 100 kW
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Medford, Mass (Boston): 1x 100 kW
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Medford, Mass (Boston): 1x 100 kW
• Installed 2009, No Complaints• 245,000 kWh total, ~80,000 kWh/yr
50% of EstimatesWhat Would They do Differently: Taller Tower
• Public Access, Public Park/Playground• Site of “Energy Harvest Festival” in Fall
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Boston Harbor Wind Turbine Yields
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Area kWh/yr kWh/m2
Hull V47 1,735 1,561,032 900
Hull V80 5,027 3,784,320 753
IBEW NPS 100 346 80,000 231
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Boston Harbor Wind Turbine Yields
Lessons Learned: Well-sitedWind Turbines on Tall Towers
Deliver Results!
(This is, unfortunately, a lessonthat keeps being repeated.)
Urban Wind San Francisco Bay?
• Where are the Existing Turbines?The Bay Area’s Mystery Turbines
• How Long Have they Been There?• Are They Operating?
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Angel Island, Californa: 1x50 kWInoperative for 25+ Years!
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Angel Island, Californa: 1x50 kWInoperative for 25+ Years!
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Golden Gate Park: 2x?
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Where are the Wind Turbines?
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Where are the Wind Turbines?
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Where are the Wind Turbines?
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Presidio: ?
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East Bay Meldan Heaslip MSc StudyHypothetical--Only!
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East Bay Meldan Heaslip MSc StudyHypothetical--Only!
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East Bay Meldan Heaslip MSc StudyHypothetical--Only!
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East Bay Meldan Heaslip MSc StudyHypothetical--Only!
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East Bay Meldan Heaslip MSc StudyHypothetical--Only!
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. . . And Why Not Real Urban Windfor
San Francisco Bay?
Is the Time Right?
What Will It Take?
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Urban Wind Feed-in Tariffs?
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$/kWh MW Cap
NIPSCO 0.100 2
Vermont 0.110 1.5
Ontario 0.135 n/a
Feed-in Tariffs
“Turn farms, homes, andbusinesses into entrepreneurs”
--Terry Tamminen, Former Chief Policy Advisor to GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger
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No Time for Half-Measures
No Time to Lose
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Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec
Move FromA Nation of Consumers
toA Nation of Producers
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We Need A Lot More Wind . . .
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Matane, Quebec
Geothermal, Collina Metalifera, Tuscany, Italy
--A Lot More Geothermal
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. . . A Lot More Solar
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Hinesburg, Vermont
. . . A Lot More Renewable EnergyTechnology for Life*
*from N.F.S. Grundtvig, Danish TheologianPaul Gipe, wind-works.org
Renewables . . .
When You LookClosely . . .
. . . Worth EveryCent
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Renewable Energy
The Revolution HasBegun!
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Manawatu Gorge, New Zealand
