Building on the National Investment:
Promoting the Use of Wind Technology
P.J. Dougherty
U.S. Department of Energy
Build on National Legacy and Investment
Multiple National Needs
Support Rural Economic Development
Promoting Use of Wind Energy
Team Wind & Partnerships State Focus
• Workshops/Briefings
• Working Groups Wind Resource Maps & Measures Utility Outreach (IOUs, Coops, Munis) Tribal Wind Focus Federal Energy Sector
6% of Nation’s Electricity by 2020 (Industry Goal) 32 states > 20 MW by 2005/16 states > 100 MW by 2010 5% of Federal sector electricity by 2010
Wind Promotion Focus
State Workshops
Legislative/State Briefings
State Wind Working Groups
Wind Resource Maps
1987 2000
Anemometer Loan Program
State-Specific Materials
• DOE Wind Program
- www.eren.doe.gov/wind
- Wind Powering America
• American Wind Energy Association
- www.awea.org
• National Wind Coordinating Committee
- www.nationalwind.org
• Utility Wind Interest Group
- www.uwig.org
Key U.S. Wind Organizations
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