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2012 Update:From Dairyland to Cashton and Valley to
Waxdale
Elizabeth WardConservation Programs Coordinator
Sierra Club-John Muir Chapter
Mining: Strip mining and mountaintop removal
mining
Climate Change, Mercury, Soot, Smog, Ozone Pollution
Quick Refresher: Why is coal so bad?Coal Ash
Dairyland Settlement:•Retire Alma Coal Plant•Scrub Genoa Coal Plant•$2 million on solar•$2.5 million solar on schools and energy efficiency•$500,000 to restoring our forests and parks
Alliant:Announced it would retire 47% of it’s fleet:•Edgewater (Sheboygan)-1 Unit•Nelson Dewey (Cassville)- both units•Scrub Columbia
Valley Coal Plant:•We Energies announced it would convert to natural gas•Eliminate positions, not people•Project completed by 2016•Eliminate or reduce soot, smog, heavy metals, mercury, and thermal pollution•Reduce greenhouse gas amounts by at least 40%•Run 75% less?
• Easiest, most cost-effective, least invasive solution
• Being smarter about how we use energy
• Changing light-bulbs, insulating home, caulking windows, efficient appliances
• 2% reduction/year could mean 14 million metric tons of CO2 reduction by 2020
• Energy Efficiency could replace 25-27% of energy emissions by 2030 (Tackling Climate Change in U.S.)
• Photovoltaic (PV)- converts sunlight to electricity• Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)- sunlight boils water and turns turbines• Wisconsin: 13 MW installed Solar
• Germany: 7.5 GW installed solar capacity
• Wind turns blades, which spin a shaft connected to a generator, and makes electricity.
• 2011: Wisconsin had 469 mw installed [IA- 5,000 mw; IL-2,743 mw; MN- 2,518 mw]
• 103,757 mw (10.4 GW) potential [AWEA]
2011-2012:•4 cancelled problems from business uncertainty
•S.C. Johnson Waxdale Project
• 15% of electricity used at Waxdale facility
•Cashton Community Wind Farm
• First community wind farm in WI
• Village of Cashton, Organic Valley, & Gunderson Lutheran
•Proposed projects:• Forest County, Ozaukee
County
How do we get Offshore Wind?
Manufacture and Shipping of Turbines-*size requires this to occur near site
Foundation Installation
Shipping and staging at Deep water ports
Turbine Installation
Current Offshore Wind Projects
Current U.S. Projects at Various Stages
• Europe has been using offshore wind for 20 years• First project installed in
Denmark in 1991• Currently, 4,000 MW of
capacity• 5,200 MW more in various
stages• Goal of 150 GW by 2030
• Asia:• 233 MW already installed• China goal: 1 GW by 2014• South Korea has world record
investment- $8.2 Billion• Japan aims to take the lead in
the sector• Companies leading the way• Mitsubishi, Fuji, Toshiba,
Hyundai, Samsung
•Shipping Lanes•Shipwrecks/ Diving hot-spots•Geology•Lake Depth•Naval Training Areas•Commercial Fishing areas•Fish spawning/habitats
Haven’t we destroyed the lake enough?
What does this mean for the fish?What about fish spawning? -Europe has actually seen some benefits
What does this mean for birds and bats?-Sierra Club helped fund a monitor that will help us figure out which bird/bat species are in the Lake
What could this lead to?
These are all things we need to try to figure out and seriously study, but it benefits us to work towards solving these concerns so that we can have Great Lakes Wind. We need to put into perspective what our other forms of energy do to Lake Michigan….
Coal Dust from Edgewater Coal Pile,Sheboygan
Climate Change Effects
Giant Fish BlendersThermal Pollution
Mercury Pollution
Simulation of a 10 turbine, 50 MW wind farm located 6 miles offshore,
Courtesy Grand Valley State University
Thank you!
Questions?
Elizabeth WardConservation Programs CoordinatorSierra Club-John Muir Chapter
(608) [email protected]