ML103620007
| ML103620007 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 02/04/2010 |
| From: | National Renewable Energy Lab |
| To: | NRC/SECY |
| SECY RAS | |
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| References | |
| License Renewal 2, RAS 19312, 50-346-LR | |
| Download: ML103620007 (3) | |
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February 4, 2010State Total (km 2)Excluded 2 (km 2)Available (km 2)Available%ofState%ofTotalWindyLandExcluded InstalledCapacity 3 (MW)AnnualGeneration (GWh)Alabama80.456.723.60.02%70.6%118.2333Arizona4,545.02,364.12,180.80.74%52.0%10,904.130,616 Arkansas4,663.22,823.21,840.11.34%60.5%9,200.326,906California26,901.320,079.26,822.01.67%74.6%34,110.2 105,646These 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 Windy 1 Land Area and Wind Energy Potential by State for Areas >= 30% Capacity Factor at 80m WindyLandArea>=30%GrossCapacityFactorat80mWindEnergyPotentialCalifornia 26 , 901.3 20 , 079.2 6 , 822.0 1.67%74.6%34 , 110.2 105 , 646Colorado95,830.418,386.577,443.928.73%19.2%387,219.51,288,490Connecticut31.426.15.30.04%83.1%26.573 Delaware36.634.71.90.04%94.8%9.526 Florida9.69.50.10.00%99.2%0.41 Georgia281.3255.326.00.02%90.7%130.1380 Idaho13,420.49,805.33,615.11.67%73.1%18,075.652,118 Illinois70,763.620,787.149,976.434.25%29.4%249,882.1763,529Indiana46,255.216,609.729,645.531.63%35.9%148,227.5443,912 Iowa134,900.120,757.3114,142.878.32%15.4%570,714.22,026,340 Kansas211,861.321,387.1190,474.289.38%10.1%952,370.93,646,590 Kentucky48.736.612.10.01%75.1%60.6173 Louisiana125.543.682.00.07%34.7%409.81,100 Maine6,026.53,776.22,250.22.69%62.7%11,251.233,779 Maryland567.7271.1296.61.18%47.8%1,482.94,269 February 4, 2010State Total (km 2)Excluded 2 (km 2)Available (km 2)Available%ofState%ofTotalWindyLandExcluded InstalledCapacity 3 (MW)AnnualGeneration (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 Windy 1 Land Area and Wind Energy Potential by State for Areas >= 30% Capacity Factor at 80m WindyLandArea>=30%GrossCapacityFactorat80mWindEnergyPotentialMassachusetts1,709.01,503.4205.60.99%88.0%1,028.03,323Michigan19,761.37,952.911,808.57.85%40.2%59,042.3169,221 Minnesota121,884.724,030.697,854.144.83%19.7%489,270.61,679,480 Mississippi 00 00 00000%N/A 00 0 Mississippi 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00%N/A 0.0 0Missouri69,676.814,805.854,871.030.39%21.2%274,355.1810,619 Montana232,768.643,967.7188,800.949.60%18.9%944,004.43,228,620 Nebraska199,627.816,028.0183,599.791.64%8.0%917,998.73,540,370 Nevada5,873.64,424.21,449.40.51%75.3%7,247.120,823 NewHampshire1,663.81,236.8427.11.78%74.3%2,135.46,706NewJersey280.8254.526.40.14%90.6%131.8373NewMexico111,445.813,029.198,416.731.25%11.7%492,083.31,644,970NewYork17,705.812,549.65,156.34.10%70.9%25,781.374,695NorthCarolina1,155.6994.1161.50.13%86.0%807.72,395NorthDakota182,374.628,335.4154,039.284.25%15.5%770,195.82,983,750Ohio17,189.96,205.910,983.910.28%36.1%54,919.7151,881 Oklahoma123,243.619,879.2103,364.457.10%16.1%516,822.11,788,910Oregon17,109.811,689.75,420.12.16%68.3%27,100.380,855 Pennsylvania2,123.51,462.1661.40.56%68.9%3,307.29,673 February 4, 2010State Total (km 2)Excluded 2 (km 2)Available (km 2)Available%ofState%ofTotalWindyLandExcluded InstalledCapacity 3 (MW)AnnualGeneration (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 Windy 1 Land Area and Wind Energy Potential by State for Areas >= 30% Capacity Factor at 80m WindyLandArea>=30%GrossCapacityFactorat80mWindEnergyPotential RhodeIsland74.064.79.30.35%87.4%46.6153SouthCarolina102.865.837.00.05%64.0%185.0504SouthDakota193,828.317,345.8176,482.588.36%8.9%882,412.43,411,690Tennessee35992981619006%828%3093 900Tennessee 359.9 298.1 61.9 0.06%82.8%309.3 900Texas435,638.655,332.7380,305.955.54%12.7%1,901,529.76,527,850Utah5,273.62,652.82,620.71.19%50.3%13,103.737,104 Vermont2,569.61,979.8589.72.39%77.0%2,948.79,163 Virginia1,567.21,208.5358.70.35%77.1%1,793.35,395 Washington11,932.68,236.93,695.72.12%69.0%18,478.555,550
WestVirginia1,495.21,118.6376.60.60%74.8%1,883.25,820Wisconsin30,228.89,477.320,751.414.29%31.4%103,757.1300,136Wyoming146,166.235,751.7110,414.543.58%24.5%552,072.61,944,340 US48Total2,571,180479,3912,091,78926.89%18.6%10,458,94536,919,551 3Assumes5MW/km 2ofinstallednameplatecapacity 2Excludedlandsincludeprotectedlands(nationalparks,wilderness,etc.),incompatiblelanduse(urban,airports,wetland,andwaterfeatures),andotherconsiderations.SeeTable1forfulllisting.1NREL'swindpotentialestimateswerebasedonmapsproducedbyAWSTruewindusingtheMesoMapsystem.