north carolina report wind powering america all states summit may 22, 2003
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North Carolina Report
Wind Powering America
All States Summit
May 22, 2003
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Key Activities for 2003
State Wind Map GIS Analyses Attitude Surveys Home Wind Workshop With Mick Sagrillo Wind Summit Anemometer Loan Program Wind Working Group Fact Sheets Web Site: www.wind.appstate.edu Macro Avian Impact Assessment
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North Carolina Wind Map
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Western NC Wind Assessment Work
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Class @ 50m
Power Density (W/m2)
Area (acres) Percentage of Total
1 - < 100 3,889,086 59.32
1 + (100, 200] 1,895,923 28.92
2 (200, 300] 473,175 7.22
3 (300, 400] 159,767 2.44
4 (400, 500] 68,013 1.04
5 (500, 600] 30,374 0.46
6 (600, 800] 24,275 0.37
7 > 800 15,419 0.24
>= 2 (200, > 800] 771,024 11.76
>= 4 (400, > 800] 138,000 2.1
Land Areas of Wind Power Classes in 24 Western NC Counties
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Watauga, Ashe & Avery Counties
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Wind Resource Analysis by County Top 5 Counties in Western NC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2-7 4-7
Haywood 99484 36769 19294 9360 4576 5120 3242 78361 22298
Watauga 93356 47809 14302 5396 2303 1729 939 72480 10368
Buncombe 191061 33596 13976 6592 3182 2688 2668 62705 15132
Ashe 184824 40000 9162 4190 1877 1877 1166 58277 9113
Avery 79528 27804 9281 4210 2352 1739 1107 46495 9409
acres
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County Wind Maps
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Coastal North Carolina
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Attitude SurveyAmount of future electricity from wind
Don't knowMoreSameLess
Pe
rce
nt
80
60
40
20
0
10
75
96
Placing turbines on national forests should
be prohibited or not prohibited
Don't knowNot prohibitedYes, prohibited
Pe
rce
nt
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
14
51
36
Should a person be prohibited from erecting
a single turbine on own land
No opinionDependsNOYES
Pe
rce
nt
100
80
60
40
20
09
79
9
Problem With Turbines
PROBLEM1
political/legal prob
environmental dam
age
reliability
otherbirds
noisesafety
location
visual pollut ion
lack of information
Fre
qu
en
cy
80
60
40
20
0
1714
21
1116
11
74
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Home Wind Workshop
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Wind Monitoring Activities
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ASU/TVA Collaboration
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Anemometer Loan Program
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Home Scale Turbines in NC
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Workshop Brochure
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Macro Avian Impact Assessment
Potential Avian Impacts of Wind Energy Development in
Western North Carolina: A Literature Reviewprepared by
Curtis Smalling
Ecos of the Blue Ridge667 George Moretz Lane
Boone, NC 28607
For
North Carolina State Energy Office&
US Department of Energy
January 2003
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Class 2 and Above