1. Lt. Governor, State of Kansas
Climate Change
Climate Change Impacts on Kansas
Mark Parkinson
Lt. Governor, State of Kansas

2. Source: Washington State Department of Ecology

3. Until 1750 and the Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide measured in parts per million (ppm) never exceed However since that time the rate of increase is approximately 2 ppm/year and is now over 380 ppm. You can see a direct correlation between the increase in temperature and increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Source: IPCC Working Group 1

4. Source: Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences

5. Source: EPA

6. Current Change: Coastal Glaciers are Retreating
Muir Glacier, Alaska,
August 1941
August 2004
NSIDC/WDC for Glaciology, Boulder, compiler. 2002, updated Online glacier
photograph database. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Source: John P. Holden, Harvard

7. Current Change: Coastal Glaciers are Retreating
Mountain
glaciers are
Shrinking
Qori Kalis
Glacier, Peru
Source: John P. Holden, Harvard

8. What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Since 1979, more than
20% of the polar Ice Cap
has melted away.
ARCTIC SEA
ICE BOUNDARY IN 1979
PHOTO: NASA

9. Tangible effects: Sea Levels
Siberian lakes shrink as the Arctic permafrost beneath them melts
IPCC estimates that the global average sea level will rise by 7.2 to 23.6 inches by 2100.
Satellite images: minimum levels of Arctic sea ice in the summers of 1979 (left) and 2005 demonstrate warming trend. (Futurist Magazine)

10. Surface melting on Greenland is expanding
In 1992 scientists measured his
amount of melting in Greenland as indicated by red areas on the map
Ten years later, in 2002, the
melting was much worse
And in 2005, it accelerated
dramatically yet again
Source: ACIA, 2004 and CIRES, 2005

11. Why it matters to Kansas… negative effects on the state

12. Temperature Change
Kansas could experience a winter increase in average temperatures of 5 degrees F and a summer time increase of approximately 10 degrees F.
Source: IPCC

13. a)
Precipitation Change c) b)
Source: IPCC

14. Why it matters to Kansas… positive effects with carbon mitigation

16. Wind Energy Projects As of Dec 31, 2006

17. Kansas Wind Projects – In operation and announced
WIND PROJECT (County) DEVELOPER UTILITY SIZE YEAR_______
Jeffery Energy Center (Pottawatomie Co.) Westar Westar MW
Gray County Wind Farm (Gray Co.) FPL Energy Aqula MW
Elk River Wind Facility (Butler Co.) PPM Energy Empire MW
Spearville Wind Energy Facility (Ford Co.) enXco KCP&L MW
TOTAL INSTALLED AT END OF MW
Smoky Hills Wind Farm (Lincoln Co.) Tradewind Sunflower MW (1st Qtr)
KC BPU MW (1st Qtr)
Midwest MW (1st Qtr)
Meridian Wind Farm (Cloud Co.) Horizon Empire 105 MW (4th Qtr)
Westar MW (4th Qtr)
Flat Ridge Wind Farm (Wichita Co.) BP Alternative Energy Westar 100 MW (4th Qtr)
Central Plains Wind Farm (Barber Co.) RES America Dev, Inc Westar MW (4th Qtr)
TOTAL INSTALLED AT END OF MW
KCP&L Announcement (3/20/07) RFP was due 6/15/07 KCP&L 300 MW MW by 2012
Updated by KCC Energy Programs (Jan 2008)

18. Economic Impacts to Kansas
from 7158 MW of new wind development by 2030
Source: NREL – Wind Powering America
Wind energy’s economic “ripple effect”
Direct Impacts
Payments to Landowners:
$20.8 million/year
Local Property Tax Revenue:
$19 million/year
Construction Phase:
11,133 new construction jobs
$1.35B to local economies
Operational Phase:
1805 new long-term jobs
$152M/yr to local economies
Indirect Impacts
Construction Phase:
5,000 new jobs
$424M to local economies
Operational Phase:
438 local jobs
$43 M/yr to local economies
Induced Impacts
Construction Phase:
6,223 new jobs
$559 M to local economies
Operational Phase:
850 local jobs
$76 M/yr to local economies
Totals (construction + 20 yrs)
Total economic benefit to Kansas = $7.8 billion
New local jobs during construction = over 23,000
New long-term jobs for Kansans = over 3,000
Construction Phase = 1-2 years
Operational Phase = 20+ years

19. Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson
Thank You
Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson