Ohio’s Wind Energy Future€¦ · Ohio is too dependent on expensive, imported, energy resources...
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Ohio’s Wind Energy Future
Testimony for the House of
Representatives Alternative Energy
Committee
Amy GombergEnvironmental Advocate,
Environment OhioMay 9, 2007
Business:• J W Great Lakes Wind - Bryan Starry• Gamesa Energy USA - Nick Tichich• Everpower Renewables – Mike Speerschneider, Kevin
Sheen• North Coast Wind & Power – Tom Williams, Paul Hoag• General Electric - David Rosenberg• Renaissance International Enterprises, Inc. Michael
Ujcich, Aaron Godwin
Nonprofit/Other Organizations:• Green Energy Ohio - Bill Spratley, Steve Watts• Ohio Farm Bureau Federation - Dale Arnold• Environment Ohio - Erin Bowser, Amy Gomberg• Greater Ohio - Gene Krebs • The Cleveland Foundation - Richard Stuebi• The Ohio Farmers Union -Joe Logan
Universities:•University of Toledo – Bob Kozar, Joe Perlaky•Bowling Green State University - Don Scherer
Utilities:•American Municipal Power-Ohio - Julia Blankenship•FirstEnergy - Bill Booth•American Electric Power - John Hollback
Government Agencies:•Ohio Department of Development / Office of Energy Efficiency - Tom Maves, Sara Ward, Bill Manz•Ohio Department of Natural Resources – Vicki Deisner•United States Fish & Wildlife Service - Megan Seymour•Ohio Office of Consumers Counsel - Linda Walls-Rominski•PUCO/ Ohio Power Siting Board - Stuart Siegfried
Environment Ohio is a nonprofit, citizen-based advocacy organization.
Environment Ohio is an active member of the Ohio Wind Working Group which includes:
Ohio’s Wind
Energy Resource
By developing a fraction of our wind energy
potential, Ohio could generate 10-20 percent of
our energy supply.
Offshore Wind Energy Potential
• Cuyahoga Regional Energy Development Task Force Project for 2-10 turbines, 3-5 miles offshore downtown Cleveland
• Current Lake Erie estimates: 68,000 MW of wind resource (note: this is more wind potential than Ohio’s onshore wind resources)Source: “The Great Lakes as a Regional Renewable Energy Source” by David Bradley, February 2004, www.greengold.org/wind
• US Department of Energy study set for release in 2008
Installed Wind Energy Capacity 2006
AMP-Ohio’s Bowling Green
Wind Farm7.2 MW ~
2,000 homes
Ohio’s Energy Portfolio
Ohio is too dependent on expensive, imported, energy resources
• In 2005, Ohio sent over 8 billion dollars out-of-state to import increasingly expensive coal and natural gas. 1
• Ohio imports the majority of the energy resources used to generate our electricity. Ohio imports:
• 57% of our coal • 89% natural gas2
We can keep more of Ohioan’s hard-earned dollars in state by harnessing our own wind resources which will create jobs and boost our economy.
1. United States Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, ,kWh Forecast NG, oil Electricity Spending2. 2004 statistics from the United States Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Electricity Profile for Ohio.confirmed by the Ohio
Department Of Development Sept. 25, 2006.
The Benefits of Wind Energy• Clean Energy
• Manufacturing Jobs
• New Business Opportunities
• Rural Economic Development
• Energy Independence
Clean Energy
YesYesYesYesHabitat
Impacts
YesYesYesNoneWater UseNoneYesYesNoneWaste
YesYesYesNoneMining /Extraction
NoneYesNoneNoneMercuryLimitedYesNoneNoneAir Pollution
YesYesNoneNoneGlobal
Warming Pollution
Natural GasCoalNuclearWind
ManufacturingJob
Potential
Ohio has the potential to attract over 13,000
manufacturing jobs in the wind energy industry.
This is more than any other state besides California.
Ohio’s Wind Energy Businesses
ToledoOwens CorningNorth CantonGraco/Liquid ControlDennisonWindharness Development Corp.
Bedford HeightsOlympic Steel Co.SolonErico Inc.
MiamisburgWebcore Technologies Inc.Berlin CenterOhio Windmill Manufacturing
Co. LLCMansfieldEnergy Technologies Inc
HilliardVanner IncNorth BentonO'Brock Windmill DistributorsChardonEGC Enterprises Inc.
MoraineTuf-Tug Products /Deuer DevelopmentsPort ClintonNorth Coast Wind & Power,
LLCPainesvilleDyson Corporation
MentorTri-Electric Supply CompanyColumbusNexergy IncGlousterDovetail Solar & Wind
CantonTimken CoColumbusNational Electric Coil IncGranvilleDAVI America
AthensThird Sun Solar & Wind Power Ltd.AshtabulaMolded Fiber Glass
CompaniesClevelandCybetUtility, LLC
ClevelandSwiger Coil Systems IncMansfieldMichael Byrne Manufacturing Co.ClevelandCleveland Gear Company
DaytonStaco Energy Products CompanyBrunswickMariner Energy Systems, LLCGreenvilleCommunity Energy
WakemanSt. George's Renewable EnergiesCincinnatiMagna machine Co.CincinnatiCincinnati Gear Co.
PerrysvilleSolar CreationsHarrisonM&B's Battery Company, Inc.CincinnatiCast-Fab Technologies Inc.
ClevelandSherwin-WilliamsWickliffeLubrizolCantonCanton Drop Forge
DaytonSchwark ElectricalFt. LarimieLP Hoying, LLCNorth BentonBarrett Construction Services Inc.
AuroraRotek CorporationWestlakeKoyo Corporation of USAAvonAvon Bearings Corp
ClevelandRepower SolutionsClevelandJW Great Lakes WindShelbyAmerican Tower Co.
MentorRenaissance GroupColumbia StationJoe Mescan WindmillClevelandALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp
TwinsburgPSL of AmericaHolmesvilleJetstream Power InternationalMaumeeAlignment Supplies Inc.
CantonPower Systems DevelopmentMasonJatroDieselEastlakeALD group LLC
MetamoraParker Hannifin, Hydrulic Filter DIV.ClevelandInsight ServicesMaumeeAdvanced Distributed
Generation, LLC
ToledoOwens-Illinois IncUrbanaHoneywell Massilon3-D Service
Rural Economic DevelopmentOhio’s Counties Support Wind Energy
Allen County
Clark County
Cuyahoga County
Darke County
Fulton County
Hancock County
Henry County
Lucas County
Mercer County
Morrow County
Seneca County
Richland County
Wood County
Wind Developers offer land owners leasing payments of $4,000 - $8,000 per turbine, per year.
What is Ohio Waiting for?
Renewable Energy Standard23 States and the District of Columbia have enacted a RES
RES in place
RES in consideration
What is a Renewable Energy Standard?
A policy that requires utilities to provide a certain amount of renewable energy over time
•Includes specific targetsEx) Minnesota recently enacted a Renewable Energy Standard that will result in 25% of their electricity coming from renewable resources by 2025
•Includes other renewable energy resourcesAll other states have included clean energy resources like solar energy and biomass as part of their renewable energy standard, helping to develop these clean energy opportunities, as well.
Renewable Energy Standards Generate Wind EnergyTexas• Pre-Renewable Energy Standard = 42 MW of wind• 1999, Governor George Bush enacts a Renewable Energy Standard• 2007 = 2,768 MW of wind energy with another 1,013 MW already planned.
Renewable Energy Standards Attract New Business and Jobs• Pennsylvania; Gamesa, turbine manufacturing facility.• Colorado; Vestas, blade manufacturing facility.
Renewable Energy Standards Work
Conclusion• Ohio has the
technological know-how, manufacturing base, and wind energy potential to generate at least 10 -20 % of our electricity from wind energy within the next decade.
• Environment Ohio urges this committee to consider a Renewable Energy Standard for Ohio.