Integrating wind energy forecasting and species population models to consider trade offs in a lower carbon future. 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Diffendorfer ◽  
Anthony Lopez ◽  
Wayne Thogmartin ◽  
Trieu Mai ◽  
Bethany Straw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Population Models ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Integrated Modelling ◽  
Energy Forecasting ◽  
Wind Energy Development

<p>Renewable energy has crossed key technological hurdles related to costs and energy system stability yet impacts to wildlife may present a long-term challenge to the development and operation of renewables.  We describe a number of approaches to address interdisciplinary questions related to enhancing renewable energy development while minimizing unintended consequences to wildlife and habitat.  These approaches range from relatively simple geospatial models and Monte Carlo simulations to more sophisticated integration of spatially explicit techno-economic/physics wind energy forecasting models with bat population models. We present results from demographic models estimating impacts from future wind energy development, how including geographic constraints related to conserving natural capitol and ecosystem services may impact wind energy development and costs, and early work on temporally dynamic integration of energy and population models. We then summarize a few broader ideas on integrated modelling related to ecosystem services and energy systems. </p>

scholarly journals Burdened by renewable energy? A multi-scalar analysis of distributional justice and wind energy in the United States

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Mueller ◽  
Matthew M Brooks
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
The United States ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Energy Infrastructure ◽  
Wind Energy Development

The transition towards renewable energy is likely to be uneven across social and spatial dimensions. To ensure this transition is equitable and just, energy injustice has become the key framework for analyzing and interpreting the distribution of energy infrastructure. Wind energy development has experienced a significant gap between broad public support for increased development but persistent localized opposition to proposed projects, indicating that wind represents a locally unwanted land use. We argue that although the negative impacts of wind energy infrastructure are less extreme than those posed by other, more toxic, unwanted land uses, their status as a locally unwanted land use will produce similar distributional injustices as have been found throughout the environmental injustice literature. Using data from both the American Community Survey and the U.S. Wind Turbine Database, we use logistic and Poisson regressions, fixed effects, and temporal lags to evaluate the current landscape of wind energy injustice along the social dimensions of income, race and ethnicity, age, education, labor force participation, and rurality at three spatial scales: between all counties within the contiguous United States, between counties within states with wind energy, and between census tracts within counties with wind energy. We find results vary by scale and whether the model is comparing the presence of any development or the size of that development. The most evidence of injustice is visible at the within-county level related to whether or not there is any wind energy development, with few relationships present when evaluating the absolute size of development.

scholarly journals The “Green on Green” Conflict in Wind Energy Development: A Case Study of Environmentally Conscious Individuals in Oklahoma, USA

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 8184
Author(s):  
Claire Burch ◽  
Rebecca Loraamm ◽  
Travis Gliedt
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Environmentally Conscious ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Renewable Energy Development ◽  
Wind Energy Development

Development in wind energy technology and deployment of infrastructure reduces reliance on fossil fuels and can further energy security goals. Wind energy, however, can conflict with other green interests. The goal of this research was to examine the perceptions of environmentally conscious individuals at the intersection of wind energy development and biodiversity conservation interests. A majority of respondents identified that they cared very much about both renewable energy development as well as biodiversity conservation. We found that while participants were aware of the shifting causes of mortality of bird populations, they were less aware of the implications of wind energy on bat populations. In addition, attitudes towards biodiversity conservation as well as wind energy development were statistically significant when looking at the identification of some impacts. Most participants were willing to support wind energy development considering trade-offs related to factors such as visual impacts or economic benefits if it had no impacts on biodiversity conservation. Our research shows that environmentally conscious individuals are well-informed on only some impacts of wind energy development. Results also suggest that biodiversity conservation impacts are prioritized by environmentally conscious individuals when gauging support for wind energy development. As sustainable development continues, it is important to consider this green on green conflict, as renewable energy development is not only confronted by general issues of public opposition, but also specific environmental complaints.

scholarly journals A Certificate-Based Approach to Marketing Green Power and Constructing New Wind Energy Facilities

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Blank ◽  
Lori Bird ◽  
Blair Swezey
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Electricity Market ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Critical Difference ◽  
Green Power ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Wind Energy Development ◽  
The Cost

The availability of wind energy certificates in Pennsylvania's retail electricity market has made a critical difference in the economic feasibility of developing 140 MW of new wind energy projects in the region. Certificates offer important benefits to both green power suppliers and buyers by reducing transaction barriers. They thus lower the cost of renewable energy. Buyers also benefit through the increased flexibility offered by certificate products. The experience described in this paper offers important insights for selling green power certificates and achieving new wind energy development in other areas of the country.

scholarly journals Analysis of Hong Kong’s Wind Energy: Power Potential, Development Constraints, and Experiences from Other Countries for Local Wind Energy Promotion Strategies

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxia Gao ◽  
Lu Xia ◽  
Lin Lu ◽  
Yonghua Li
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Electricity Market ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Wind Energy Development

The wind energy utilization in Hong Kong is limited, although its potential has proven to be significant. The lack of effective policy for wind energy development is the main constraint. In this paper, the wind power potential in Hong Kong is analyzed, and the wind power potential assessment is conducted based on one-year field measured wind data using Light Detection & Ranging (LiDAR) technology in a proposed offshore wind farm. Results show that the offshore wind power potential in Hong Kong was 14,449 GWh which occupied 32.20% of electricity consumption in 2017. In addition, the electricity market and power structure in Hong Kong are also reviewed with the existing policies related to renewable energy development. Conclusions can be made that the renewable energy target in Hong Kong is out of date and until now there have been no specific effective policies on wind energy. In order to urge Hong Kong, catch up with other countries/regions on wind energy development, the histories and evolution of wind energy policies in other countries, especially in Denmark, are reviewed and discussed. Suggestions are provided in the aspects of economics, public attitude, and political factors which can stimulate wind power development in Hong Kong.

scholarly journals Model of Optimization of Wind Energy Production in the Light of Legal Changes in Poland

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1557
Author(s):  
Marcin Rabe ◽  
Dalia Streimikiene ◽  
Yuriy Bilan
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Energy Regulation ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Wind Energy Development

The article discusses the planning of wind energy development in the West Pomeranian Region after the introduction of the Act "On investments in wind farms" as of 20 May 2016. The purpose of the article is to provide the forecast of the region’s wind energy development in 2019–2030 by taking into account current legal regulations in Poland. The article proposes an original, optimizing multi-criteria wind energy development model for the studied region, exploring various types of technologies that may appear in the system, taking into account recent legal and political changes in the field of renewable energy regulation in Poland. The results of the optimization model show that the currently passed Act "On investments in wind farms" in Poland actually stopped the development of wind energy in the region. On the other hand, in accordance with the objectives of the adopted draft of the Polish energy policy until 2040, it is expected that the share of renewable energy in electricity production will increase in 2030 in the studied region. Therefore, the paper argues that policy changes are necessary to meet the renewable energy goals of Poland.

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