ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e Wind Energy in Switzerland Research and Development Activities 2004/ th IEA R&D WIND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING May 3, 4, and 5, 2005 Porto Portugal Robert Horbaty, ENCO Energie-Consulting AG, Program Manager R+D Wind

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e Targets u To double the installed capacity from the year 2000 until end of 2005 (from MW to MW) u Due to the installation of two more turbines on Mt.Crosin, the installed capacity with wind turbines was 8.87 MW (157% of the 2005 target) by the end of 2004 u By November 2001, the Swiss government announced further targets for the development of wind energy until 2010: 50 – 100 GWh. u The electricity production from wind energy results of about 6.27 GWh or 12% of the 2010 targets.

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e Energy supply by wind power in Switzerland

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e Changes in responsible organization and funds u Suisse Eole, the Swiss wind energy association, which is supported by the department of energy, acts as a promoter of wind energy with: l Communication, Campaigns, Publications, l VIP-committees, Lobbying l Project specific campaigns and supports l Seminars and meeting  Budget k € for marketing activities Reduction from 225 k€ to 0 for pilot- and demonstration plants R&D 210 k€

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e Adaptations of issues Suisse Eole

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e Results from specific research efforts or test programs Program financed by Federal Office of Energy u Wind energy concept u Security standards u Intelligent rotor blade u IEA Wind Annex XIX WECO: Recommendations u IEA Wind Annex XXIV Wind / Hydro u Interreg project: Alpine Wind Harvest u 7 kW Aventa u 800-kW-WKA Gütsch Demolition of the plant! Replace with ENERCON 40 l Satisfying performance

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e Emphasis of research efforts 2004 to 2007 Accepted by the national energy research committee l Increased acceptance of wind power (evaluation of the influence of wind turbines, development of guidelines, national concept l Development of innovative components (maintenance-free generators with variable speed, intelligent rotor blades etc..) l Development of specific concepts and components for wind power installation in difficult terrain and under harsh climatic conditions

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e National Wind Energy Concept u The mayor project of the Swiss wind energy program in the past year is the elaboration of a national wind energy concept, involved parties l Environmentalist, l Energy supplier, l Developers, l Public institutions, l State- and national governments, etc. u Based on agreed criteria, the hole country has been modelled with a Geographical Information System GIS. Thus more then 100 good sites have been defined, described and plotted on a map. u The possible energy yield on these sites adds up to about 4’000 GWh.

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e National Wind Energy Concept priority sites other sites sites defined by the cantons

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e Development and Incentive Programs According to the budget, the activities of Suisse Eole concentrates on: u Realization of defined sites in the wind energy concept u Site marketing u Technical consulting u Financing of site assessment

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e Effects of incentive programs (+) u Entlebuch: The changes for the a wind energy zone was approved unanimously, which makes it possible to construct now a wind energy plant after 7 (!) years of planning. u Even the Swiss Foundation for Landscape protection withdrew its original objection, after their doubts had been included in the planning. u The authorities of the canton of Neuchâtel and Waadt have agreed to a rearrangement of zones around the area of wind energy projects.

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e Effects of incentive programs (-) u The Foundation of Landscape protection launched a manifest, that will stop any significant expansion of wind energy in our country. u Due to their objection, several projects with an investment volume of 46 Mio Swiss Francs and a yearly energy yield of 28.3 GWh are still being blocked.

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e Industry activities u The big technical problems at the Gütsch-Installation are a setback for all the companies involved in this project. (ABB, Technocon, Bartholdi). u Nevertheless many important partners are active in the area l Rotor blades, l Inverters, l Gearboxes l Ice-detectors l Small scale wind turbines u Seminar : R&D, Technology transfer

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e “Alpine Wind Test Site” u 600 kW wind turbine Enercon E-40 u test bench as a test station for ice detector u COST727 action: “Measuring and forecasting atmospheric icing structures”

ENCO Energie-Consulting AG s u i s s e. é o l e Outlook 2005 u Installation of 2 wind turbine (Entlebuch, Colonges) u Site assessments  Project effects/acceptance The effects of wind turbines on Flora and Fauna, on the perception of the population and tourism u Optimisation of small wind turbines