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Shallowater ISD Wind Turbine Project
Shallowater ISD Wind Turbine Project
• Partners:– Xcel Energy-Paul Leonard– South Plains Electric Coop-Jantzen Louder– Entegrity Wind Systems-Charles Newcomb– Western Winds-Shelby Walton– David Baccus-Underwood Law Firm– Shallowater ISD School Board– Dr. Andy Swift-Texas Tech University
Thinking Outside the Box?
Project Timeframe
Timeframe (cont.)
Timeframe (cont.)
Project Timeframe
Project Payback
Production
• Each Turbine will produce 150,000 KWH per year on average.
• Shallowater High School uses 1.2 million KWH per year.
• Three Turbines will produce 450,000 KWH.• Approximately 30-40% of our usage can be
covered with three turbines @ 9 cents per KWH. (a potential savings of 450,000KWH * .09 = $40,500)
Electricity Avg. Cost per Day
Kilowatt Hours Used
Revenue
• Green Credit Production is an added benefit (possible additional revenue on sale of Green Credits) Some companies pay more for clean energy. (Whole Foods, Microsoft, Starbucks, etc.)
• On five wind turbines, we project $70,000 in savings on our energy costs and a possible Green Credit sale of $25,000
District Cost Benefit
• Using EDA money from state makes SISD’s share of the cost at 30%.
• Total cost for the project was $700,000• SISD’s share of the cost was $210,000• With $70,000 a year savings, the district will
pay our share in 3 years on a turbine that has a 30 year life. Over the span of 27 years, the district will save $1,890,000 in electrical costs.
Wind is “Good Business”
• Net metering – Gaining credit for production at the meter.
• The produced electricity is taking the place of energy at retail cost
• Excess production is stored in the local grid and used over a period of a month
• Production of the electricity is for your own use and not for wholesale production
• Wholesale production on this scale would not be cost effective
• These machines are about 1/12 to 1/24 the size of the 600KWH and 1.2 MWH machines.
Challenges
• Community Awareness
• Noise
• Distance to Residential Areas