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Environmental & Siting R&D Program Peer Review Meeting. Golden, Colorado • May 10, 2006. Bob Thresher & Karin Sinclair, NREL Laura Miner, DOE Bonnie Ram, Energetics Incorporated. Environmental & Siting is Related to Program Mission. Primarily land-based focus - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Environmental & Siting R&D Program
Peer Review Meeting
Bob Thresher & Karin Sinclair, NRELLaura Miner, DOE
Bonnie Ram, Energetics Incorporated
Golden, Colorado • May 10, 2006
A Subsidiary of VSE Corporation
Environmental & Siting is Related to Program Mission
• Primarily land-based focus
• Barriers relate to cost of energy and deployment delays
• Potential showstoppers
• Reasonable permitting requirements
• Public perception and involvement• Collaborative research and peer
review process• Establish framework for
comparative risk assessment
FY06 Budget Allocation$900,000
• NREL technical oversight, research, workshops
• NWCC wildlife & siting workgroups and publications
• Bat Wind Energy Cooperative• Prairie birds & grassland
species• Offshore Wind Energy
Collaborative (DOE, MTC, GE)
Environmental FY06
Selected FY06 Activities ($900,000)Priority Challenges
Environmental & Social Impacts
Public Perception
Improved Tools for Industry and Government
Consistent Policies and Leadership
Grassland and Shrub Steppe Species Collaborative Bat and Wind Energy Collaborative ($75K) Siting Workshop results
Offshore and onshore policy and research support Wildlife Research Meeting V State stakeholder workshops ($575K)
Mitigation tool box, Nocturnal Methods and Metrics, and Risk Assessment framework ($250K)
DOE-Minerals Management Service MOU Offshore Wind Energy CollaborativeState legislation briefings and materials ($50K)
Challenges & Measures
Priority Challenges
Environmental & Social Impacts
Public Perception
Improving Tools for Industry and Government
Consistent Policies and Leadership
Progress Measures
Improved assessments of species and population impacts; better understanding of relative and cumulative impacts
Studies show risks and impacts reflect public concerns; greater awareness of the benefits of wind to national energy security
Reasonable permitting requirements, studies, & process; siting strategies
Policy and enforcement measures that support the sustainable development of wind energy
Are Wind Projects Impacting Population Viability of Greater Prairie-Chickens?
• $165,000 for FY06• NWCC – Oversight
Committee• KSU Research
Team• NREL - Technical
Monitor
Collaboration between Industry, Government, University, and NGOs
• FPL Energy• Horizon Wind Energy• Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks• National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)• PPM Energy• The Nature Conservancy, Kansas &
Oklahoma
Are Wind Projects Affecting Bat Populations in Certain Regions?
• Formed Cooperative in 2004
– NREL, BCI, AWEA, FWS
• 6 week intensive mortality
study
• June 2005 Draft Report
• Acoustic deterrent tests
• Ultrasound sample
• 2006 Pre-construction
monitoring
National Wind Coordinating Committee (NWCC FY06) Blueprint
• Update Measures & Metrics document (nocturnal focus)
• Oversight of prairie birds & grassland species collaborative
• Initiate mitigation tool box
• Explore benefits of applying ecological risk assessment framework
NWCC Meetings and Workshops
• Air Quality Issue Forum, Oct 20th, Lansing, MI• NWCC Business Meeting #36, Nov 30th, Washington, DC• Technical Considerations in Siting Wind Developments
Research Meeting, Dec 1-2, Washington, DC• Wildlife Workgroup Core Group Meeting & Risk Assessment
Workshop, Feb 27-28, Washington, DC• Conduct monthly scheduled conference calls
UPCOMING• Wind Energy Contributions in a National Energy Strategy
Issue Forum, May 18-19, Washington, DC• Wildlife Workgroup Core Group: Gaps Prioritization Meeting,
June 20-21, Boulder, CO• Wildlife Research Meeting VI, Nov 14-16, San Antonio, TX
NREL and DOE Keeping Up with Workshops and Activities
2005• NAS study• GAO Report• DOE/NREL Environmental Strategy• WPA – Raleigh, NC• NYSERDA Wind & Wildlife Working Group
2006• AWEA/Audubon Wildlife in California• Columbus, OH – IAFWA• Toledo, OH USFWS/EPA• Colorado State, Fish and Game Services
Selected Offshore Meetings and Workshops
2005• Raleigh, NC• Mineral Management
Service – tutorial & regulatory
• IEA Annex 23
2006• Great Lakes Offshore Wind• NJ Public Hearing• Houston’s OTC• OWEMES
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Cape Wind Associates
Winergy
LIPA & Florida Power and Light
W.E.S.T. LLC
Hull Municipal
Southern Company
Green Energy Ohio
Toronto Hydro
Offshore Activities
• MMS Actions– New regulations expected– Memorandum of Understanding– Scoping meetings on PEIS
• NREL Actions– White Paper– SeaCon Studies– IEA Annex 23 Workshop
• Offshore Wind Energy Collaborative business plan
Cape Wind Tower --- 179 feet
Offshore Project Challenges• Complex siting process in
the ocean• New regulations may
create a one-stop-shop• Better understanding of
public acceptance• Conduct comparative risk
assessment framework• Need government support
for Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) studies
• Put demonstrations in the water
Operation (2003):
Response distance:
day = c. 3000mday = c. 3000mnight = c. 1000mnight = c. 1000m
Proposed Technical and OutreachActivities FY07
• Support and fully participate in the collaboratives for avian and bat species– Identify cost effective technologies and strategies to mitigate impacts to
the site ecology• Facilitate Interagency Efforts
– Offshore regulations with MMS– Fish and Wildlife Service– DOD radar hazards– NEPA analysis
• State/Great Lakes/Regional Actions– Offshore– Land-based guidelines – Wind Powering America – regional focus groups
• International – IEA Annex 23– R&D studies
National Activities to Watch• National Academy of Sciences Report• US Fish and Wildlife Guidelines• State Guidelines for land-based projects• Wildlife Society Report• Mineral Management Service regulations and NEPA
Strategic Challenges
Offshore • International lessons learned• Risk assessment and multiple uses• Complex siting process• Public education
Land-Based• Proliferation of
State Guidelines• Identifying
Priorities and Gaps
• Comparative Risks
• Cumulative Risks
• Addressing Surprises – Radar
• Public acceptance
More than 400MW added in next 10 years
Public benefit charge for renewable energy
Bonnie [email protected]
Thank you DOE and NREL for supporting this research
A Subsidiary of VSE Corporation