Why Wind Works
June, 2010
What is the wind industry?
How does the wind industry impact me as a Right-of-Way Agent?
Is there a way I can make money in the
wind business?
If it doesn’t make money, it doesn’t make sense!
Water-spouts and WhirlwindsB
Ben Franklin’s Kite Experiment
Water-spouts and WhirlwindsB
Ben Franklin’s Kite Experiment
Thomas Edison’s Light Bulb 1879
Thomas Edison’s Light Bulb 1879
Wind Turbine, Chicago World’s
Fair, 1893
Wind Turbine, Chicago World’s
Fair, 1893
Lucas Gusher at
Spindletop, 1901
Spindletop, 1904
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The wind turbine
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Wind data is O&M plus CONSTRUCTION costs
How does the wind industry impact me as a Right-of-Way Agent?
There is no national electric grid.
There are ten regional grids;
hundreds of local grids; thousands of
distribution grids in the US.
Additionally,There are ten regional grids; and hundreds of
distribution grids in Canada.
For wind energy to make a meaningful contribution to
the North American demand for electricity, there must be a fully functioning national
transmission grid.
The electric industry will need 40,000 miles of transmission lines.
That’s where YOU come into the wind industry!
Wind does NOT replace other forms of power.
Why do we need wind power?
In 1941, my Dad’s family heard about the attack on Pearl
Harbor over the radio.
I watched world history unfold on the television.
In the 1960’s
over 90% of all U.S.
homes had a TV
set in them
My children watch World
History on MULTIPLE
TV’s!
Since 2006, there have been more Televisions in the average American
home than there are people!
I watch the World Cup on a flat panel TV; sip lemonade with ice in it;
While working on my laptop computer; in a house with over 80 lights in it.
Did Caesar have it so well?
Our standard of living will increase;Our demand for power will increase;
Your chance to make money will increase.
Because . . .
Wind Works!
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