ML103620007

2010/02/04-Exhibit 16. Estimates of Windy Land Area and Wind Energy Potential by State Areas ≫= 30% Capacity Factor at 80m

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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Estimates of Windy1 Land Area and Wind Energy Potential by State for Areas >= 30%

Capacity Factor at 80m February 4, 2010 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).

Windy Land Area >= 30% Gross Capacity Factor at 80m Wind Energy Potential

% of Total Installed Annual 2 3 Total Excluded Available Available Windy Land Capacity Generation State (km2) (km2) (km2)  % of State Excluded (MW) (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 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

Estimates of Windy1 Land Area and Wind Energy Potential by State for Areas >= 30%

Capacity Factor at 80m February 4, 2010 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).

Windy Land Area >= 30% Gross Capacity Factor at 80m Wind Energy Potential

% of Total Installed Annual 2 3 Total Excluded Available Available Windy Land Capacity Generation State (km2) (km2) (km2)  % of State Excluded (MW) (GWh)

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 00 0.0 00 0.0 00 0.0 0 00%

0.00% N/A 00 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 New Hampshire 1,663.8 1,236.8 427.1 1.78% 74.3% 2,135.4 6,706 New Jersey 280.8 254.5 26.4 0.14% 90.6% 131.8 373 New Mexico 111,445.8 13,029.1 98,416.7 31.25% 11.7% 492,083.3 1,644,970 New York 17,705.8 12,549.6 5,156.3 4.10% 70.9% 25,781.3 74,695 North Carolina 1,155.6 994.1 161.5 0.13% 86.0% 807.7 2,395 North Dakota 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

Estimates of Windy1 Land Area and Wind Energy Potential by State for Areas >= 30%

Capacity Factor at 80m February 4, 2010 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).

Windy Land Area >= 30% Gross Capacity Factor at 80m Wind Energy Potential

% of Total Installed Annual 2 3 Total Excluded Available Available Windy Land Capacity Generation State (km2) (km2) (km2)  % of State Excluded (MW) (GWh)

Rhode Island 74.0 64.7 9.3 0.35% 87.4% 46.6 153 South Carolina 102.8 65.8 37.0 0.05% 64.0% 185.0 504 South Dakota 193,828.3 17,345.8 176,482.5 88.36% 8.9% 882,412.4 3,411,690 Tennessee 359 9 359.9 298 1 298.1 61 9 61.9 0 06%

0.06% 82 8%

82.8% 309 3 309.3 900 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 West Virginia 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 US 48 Total 2,571,180 479,391 2,091,789 26.89% 18.6% 10,458,945 36,919,551 1

NRELs wind potential estimates were based on maps produced by AWS Truewind using the MesoMap system.

2 Excluded lands include protected lands (national parks, wilderness, etc.), incompatible land use (urban, airports, wetland, and water features),

and other considerations. See Table 1 for full listing.

3 Assumes 5 MW/km2 of installed nameplate capacity