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Who is the Tennessee Wind Working Group?
The Tennessee Wind Working Group is a Department of Energy funded program that is administered by the state of Tennessee's Economic and Community Development Energy Office. The Tennessee Wind Working Group was co-founded in 2004 by TVA and Southern Alliance for Clean Energy in partnership with the state of Tennessee and helped the state join a national network of state Wind Working Groups that are part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Powering America (WPA) program. The Tennessee Wind Working Group consists of a strong network of people and organizations working together to provide information to various organizations and stakeholders regarding the responsible development of wind power in the state. Members include representatives from utility interests, state and federal agencies, economic development organizations, non-government organizations, local decision makers, educational institutions, and wind industry representatives. The working group is facilitated by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
The Tennessee Wind Working Group is committed to supporting the Department of Energy by helping educate and inform key stakeholders about wind energy in the state of Tennessee. To learn more about the Department of Energy's 20% Wind Energy by 2030 report and vision, please read below and visit links on this website. The state of Tennessee's wind resources have been identified to contribute over 1,000 MW of wind energy to this national vision, based on wind resource potential and current wind energy incentives.
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Department of Energy Releases 20% Wind Vision for the United States
Wind power is capable of becoming a major contributor to America’s electricity supply over the next three decades, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Energy. The groundbreaking report, 20% Wind Energy by 2030: Increasing Wind Energy’s Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply, looks closely at one scenario for reaching 20% wind energy by 2030 and contrasts it to a scenario of no new U.S. wind power capacity.
"DOE's wind report is a thorough look at America's wind resource, its industrial capabilities, and future energy prices, and confirms the viability and commercial maturity of wind as a major contributor to America's energy needs, now and in the future," DOE Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for the U.S. Department of Energy Andy Karsner, said. "To dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance our energy security, clean power generation at the gigawatt-scale will be necessary, and will require us to take a comprehensive approach to scaling renewable wind power, streamlining siting and permitting processes, and expanding the domestic wind manufacturing base." Included in the report are an examination of America’s technological and manufacturing capabilities, the future costs of energy sources, U.S. wind energy resources, and the environmental and economic impacts of wind development. Under the 20% wind scenario, installations of new wind power capacity would increase to more than 16,000 megawatts per year by 2018, and continue at that rate through 2030. - Source: AWEA Press Release
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Click here to find our page about our Crossville, TN workshop held on July 22. We've included the small wind payback calculator shown at the workshop for download.
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