SMALL & DISTRIBUTED WIND SYSTEMS Texas/European Union Wind Energy Symposium 10/27/09 Vaughn Nelson Alternative Energy Institute, West Texas A&M University

WORLD WIND 2008 numberMW Dist-Community>2,000>500 Small (<= 100 kW)600, Village, hybrid>1000>50 Wind Diesel>250>25 Telecomm #5002 Farm windmill310,000eq 155

SMALL WIND World 2008 production, 39 MW manufacturers China 50, Europe 40 New manufacturers (100 in last 2 years) China 50,000 units per year, kW 40% exported US leading producer in the kW range 17 MW in 2008; off-grid 3.7, on-grid 13.6 See awea.org; small wind

COST OF ENERGY, RANGE SYSTEM, kW$/kWh Wind Class 2-4 Capacity Factors 20-35%

Inner Mongolia 100 W China Telecomm 1 kW each China PV 100 W Wind 200 W US PV 50 W Wind 300 W

Chicago Aerotecture 1 kW units $8,000 each Energy Adventures Acquarium, CA Aerovironment 1 kW units

Subashi, China Wind 20 kW, PV 4 kW Diesel 30 kVA Batteries 1000 Ah Inverter 38 kW

Kotzebue, AK diesel 11.2 MW, wind 915 kW 9, AOC 50 kW Northern Pow 100 kW Ascension Island, diesel 3.8 MW, wind 2.7 MW 225 kW 900 kW

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