ML103620007
| ML103620007 | |
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| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 02/04/2010 |
| From: | National Renewable Energy Lab |
| To: | NRC/SECY |
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| License Renewal 2, RAS 19312, 50-346-LR | |
| Download: ML103620007 (3) | |
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February 4, 2010 State Total (km2)
Excluded2 (km2)
Available (km2)
Available
%ofState
%ofTotal WindyLand Excluded Installed Capacity3 (MW)
Annual Generation (GWh)
Alabama 80.4 56.7 23.6 0.02%
70.6%
118.2 333 Arizona 4,545.0 2,364.1 2,180.8 0.74%
52.0%
10,904.1 30,616 Arkansas 4,663.2 2,823.2 1,840.1 1.34%
60.5%
9,200.3 26,906 California 26,901.3 20,079.2 6,822.0 1.67%
74.6%
34,110.2 105,646 These estimates show, for each of the 48 contiguous states and the entire United States, the windy land area with a gross capacity factor (without losses) of 30% and greater at 80-m height above ground and the wind energy potential from development of the available windy land area after exclusions. The Installed Capacity shows the potential megawatts (MW) of rated capacity that could be installed on the available windy land area, and the Annual Generation shows annual wind energy generation in gigawatt-hours (GWh) that could be produced from the installed capacity. AWS Truewind, LLC developed the wind resource data for windNavigator (http://navigator.awstruewind.com) with a spatial resolution of 200 m. NREL produced the estimates of windy land area and windy energy potential, including filtering the estimates to exclude areas unlikely to be developed such as wilderness areas, parks, urban areas, and water features (see Wind Resource Exclusion Table for more detail).
Estimates of Windy1 Land Area and Wind Energy Potential by State for Areas >= 30%
Capacity Factor at 80m WindyLandArea>=30%GrossCapacityFactorat80m WindEnergyPotential California 26,901.3 20,079.2 6,822.0 1.67%
74.6%
34,110.2 105,646 Colorado 95,830.4 18,386.5 77,443.9 28.73%
19.2%
387,219.5 1,288,490 Connecticut 31.4 26.1 5.3 0.04%
83.1%
26.5 73 Delaware 36.6 34.7 1.9 0.04%
94.8%
9.5 26 Florida 9.6 9.5 0.1 0.00%
99.2%
0.4 1
Georgia 281.3 255.3 26.0 0.02%
90.7%
130.1 380 Idaho 13,420.4 9,805.3 3,615.1 1.67%
73.1%
18,075.6 52,118 Illinois 70,763.6 20,787.1 49,976.4 34.25%
29.4%
249,882.1 763,529 Indiana 46,255.2 16,609.7 29,645.5 31.63%
35.9%
148,227.5 443,912 Iowa 134,900.1 20,757.3 114,142.8 78.32%
15.4%
570,714.2 2,026,340 Kansas 211,861.3 21,387.1 190,474.2 89.38%
10.1%
952,370.9 3,646,590 Kentucky 48.7 36.6 12.1 0.01%
75.1%
60.6 173 Louisiana 125.5 43.6 82.0 0.07%
34.7%
409.8 1,100 Maine 6,026.5 3,776.2 2,250.2 2.69%
62.7%
11,251.2 33,779 Maryland 567.7 271.1 296.6 1.18%
47.8%
1,482.9 4,269
February 4, 2010 State Total (km2)
Excluded2 (km2)
Available (km2)
Available
%ofState
%ofTotal WindyLand Excluded Installed Capacity3 (MW)
Annual Generation (GWh)
These estimates show, for each of the 48 contiguous states and the entire United States, the windy land area with a gross capacity factor (without losses) of 30% and greater at 80-m height above ground and the wind energy potential from development of the available windy land area after exclusions. The Installed Capacity shows the potential megawatts (MW) of rated capacity that could be installed on the available windy land area, and the Annual Generation shows annual wind energy generation in gigawatt-hours (GWh) that could be produced from the installed capacity. AWS Truewind, LLC developed the wind resource data for windNavigator (http://navigator.awstruewind.com) with a spatial resolution of 200 m. NREL produced the estimates of windy land area and windy energy potential, including filtering the estimates to exclude areas unlikely to be developed such as wilderness areas, parks, urban areas, and water features (see Wind Resource Exclusion Table for more detail).
Estimates of Windy1 Land Area and Wind Energy Potential by State for Areas >= 30%
Capacity Factor at 80m WindyLandArea>=30%GrossCapacityFactorat80m WindEnergyPotential Massachusetts 1,709.0 1,503.4 205.6 0.99%
88.0%
1,028.0 3,323 Michigan 19,761.3 7,952.9 11,808.5 7.85%
40.2%
59,042.3 169,221 Minnesota 121,884.7 24,030.6 97,854.1 44.83%
19.7%
489,270.6 1,679,480 Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00%
N/A 0 0 0
Mississippi 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00%
N/A 0.0 0
Missouri 69,676.8 14,805.8 54,871.0 30.39%
21.2%
274,355.1 810,619 Montana 232,768.6 43,967.7 188,800.9 49.60%
18.9%
944,004.4 3,228,620 Nebraska 199,627.8 16,028.0 183,599.7 91.64%
8.0%
917,998.7 3,540,370 Nevada 5,873.6 4,424.2 1,449.4 0.51%
75.3%
7,247.1 20,823 NewHampshire 1,663.8 1,236.8 427.1 1.78%
74.3%
2,135.4 6,706 NewJersey 280.8 254.5 26.4 0.14%
90.6%
131.8 373 NewMexico 111,445.8 13,029.1 98,416.7 31.25%
11.7%
492,083.3 1,644,970 NewYork 17,705.8 12,549.6 5,156.3 4.10%
70.9%
25,781.3 74,695 NorthCarolina 1,155.6 994.1 161.5 0.13%
86.0%
807.7 2,395 NorthDakota 182,374.6 28,335.4 154,039.2 84.25%
15.5%
770,195.8 2,983,750 Ohio 17,189.9 6,205.9 10,983.9 10.28%
36.1%
54,919.7 151,881 Oklahoma 123,243.6 19,879.2 103,364.4 57.10%
16.1%
516,822.1 1,788,910 Oregon 17,109.8 11,689.7 5,420.1 2.16%
68.3%
27,100.3 80,855 Pennsylvania 2,123.5 1,462.1 661.4 0.56%
68.9%
3,307.2 9,673
February 4, 2010 State Total (km2)
Excluded2 (km2)
Available (km2)
Available
%ofState
%ofTotal WindyLand Excluded Installed Capacity3 (MW)
Annual Generation (GWh)
These estimates show, for each of the 48 contiguous states and the entire United States, the windy land area with a gross capacity factor (without losses) of 30% and greater at 80-m height above ground and the wind energy potential from development of the available windy land area after exclusions. The Installed Capacity shows the potential megawatts (MW) of rated capacity that could be installed on the available windy land area, and the Annual Generation shows annual wind energy generation in gigawatt-hours (GWh) that could be produced from the installed capacity. AWS Truewind, LLC developed the wind resource data for windNavigator (http://navigator.awstruewind.com) with a spatial resolution of 200 m. NREL produced the estimates of windy land area and windy energy potential, including filtering the estimates to exclude areas unlikely to be developed such as wilderness areas, parks, urban areas, and water features (see Wind Resource Exclusion Table for more detail).
Estimates of Windy1 Land Area and Wind Energy Potential by State for Areas >= 30%
Capacity Factor at 80m WindyLandArea>=30%GrossCapacityFactorat80m WindEnergyPotential RhodeIsland 74.0 64.7 9.3 0.35%
87.4%
46.6 153 SouthCarolina 102.8 65.8 37.0 0.05%
64.0%
185.0 504 SouthDakota 193,828.3 17,345.8 176,482.5 88.36%
8.9%
882,412.4 3,411,690 Tennessee 359 9 298 1 61 9 0 06%
82 8%
309 3 900 Tennessee 359.9 298.1 61.9 0.06%
82.8%
309.3 900 Texas 435,638.6 55,332.7 380,305.9 55.54%
12.7%
1,901,529.7 6,527,850 Utah 5,273.6 2,652.8 2,620.7 1.19%
50.3%
13,103.7 37,104 Vermont 2,569.6 1,979.8 589.7 2.39%
77.0%
2,948.7 9,163 Virginia 1,567.2 1,208.5 358.7 0.35%
77.1%
1,793.3 5,395 Washington 11,932.6 8,236.9 3,695.7 2.12%
69.0%
18,478.5 55,550 WestVirginia 1,495.2 1,118.6 376.6 0.60%
74.8%
1,883.2 5,820 Wisconsin 30,228.8 9,477.3 20,751.4 14.29%
31.4%
103,757.1 300,136 Wyoming 146,166.2 35,751.7 110,414.5 43.58%
24.5%
552,072.6 1,944,340 US48Total 2,571,180 479,391 2,091,789 26.89%
18.6%
10,458,945 36,919,551 3Assumes5MW/km2ofinstallednameplatecapacity 2Excludedlandsincludeprotectedlands(nationalparks,wilderness,etc.),incompatiblelanduse(urban,airports,wetland,andwaterfeatures),
andotherconsiderations.SeeTable1forfulllisting.
1NRELswindpotentialestimateswerebasedonmapsproducedbyAWSTruewindusingtheMesoMapsystem.