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Overview of Wind and State Policy in Colorado
Colorado Wind ForumOctober 8, 2013
Footprint in the U.S. and Canada
Made in the USABlades, towers and nacelles
Vestas established four North American
manufacturing facilities in Colorado as well
as other operations to support the business,
including a regional spare parts and tools
warehouse in Denver.
By building and centrally locating its North
American factories, Vestas’ customers,
business partners and suppliers benefit from
lower logistical costs, improved response
time and customized solutions.
Today, over 70% of a Vestas wind turbine
is made domestically. In addition the factories
have exported components to Mexico,
Canada, Brazil and Europe.
COLORADO
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Made in the USA
Vestas Blades America
Vestas operates two blade factories in Colorado.
In 2008, Vestas opened its first U.S.
manufacturing facility in Windsor. Vestas also
has a blade factory in Brighton that is adjacent
to the nacelle assembly factory.
The factories are adjacent to about 6,200 feet of
shared railroad tracks and nearby major
highways to provide transportation for finished
product.
The Windsor factory is equipped to make blades
for the V100 (49m) and V110 (54m) platforms
while the Brighton blade facility produces blades
for the V112 (55m) and V117 (57.5m).
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Made in the USA
Vestas Nacelles America
Vestas broke ground to construct its nacelle and hub
assembly factory in Brighton in March 2009. The
factory celebrated its grand opening on July 7, 2010.
The factory is located adjacent to railroad lines and
major highways to provide for easy shipment.
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Made in the USA
Vestas Towers America
Vestas’ only tower factory globally is in Pueblo. It
opened in 2010 and was designed with the flexibility
to make towers for a variety of turbine models.
The tower factory has hired more than 200 people in
2013 to meet customer demand and is expected to
be at full capacity utilization in 2014.
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Late 1990’s 2002-2004
RPS legislation
2001CO PUC Decision
on Colorado Green
2004RPS Ballot Initiative
2010RPS increased to
30%
Wind Energy in Colorado
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2002: SB180 (Spradley & Kester)
2003: SB151 (Phillips), HB1295 (Spradley & Kester)
2004: HB1273 (Spradley & Madden, Kester)
2007RPS increased
to 20%
2011CO PUC approves wind contract to save $100M over
25 yrs
2008 & 2009Vestas in Windsor &
Brighton
61MW 223MW
1,067MW 1,299MW
2012
2,301MW
DOE Revolution Now The Future Arrives for Four Clean Energy Technologies. September, 2013.
AWEA Market Update: Installed Capacity
60,007 MW
The Western 11 states:
18,300 MW of wind 4 of top 10 wind
states in U.S.
U.S. Wind Project Map
AWEA Market Update: 2013 RFPsTriState: 100 MWXcel: 450 MWPlatte River: 30 MWBlack Hills: 30 MW>600 MW >$1B investment
AWEA Market Update: 2013 PPAs
Year to date, we have over 3,600 MW of wind PPAs for new projects and 1,300 MW of utility announcements.
State Wind-Eligible Wind Demand Through 2025
Ohio’s RPS is expected to drive the most wind installations, followed by Illinois, California, New Jersey, and Colorado. These five states contain 54% of all expected-wind-to-comply RPS demand.
Beyond Renewable Portfolio Standards
August 2013David Hurlbut, Joyce McClaren & Rachel Gelman
8 western RPS states driving most of demand for renewables
Result is that renewables close
to load (in-state) being tapped first
Report examines untapped RE resources in 2025 available for deployment
Renewables -- without tax
incentives – competitive with natural gas by 2025
Net short of 49 terra-watt hours
of new RE needed by 2025 needed to meet RPS demand
Assuming 30% capacity factor
= 19,000 new MW of RE by 2025 for RPS
Susan InnisSenior Manager, Public Affairs(303) [email protected]
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