Fossil Gulch Wind Park

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Fossil Gulch Wind Park
Welcome

• Presented By Jeff Duff
• Vice President, Airstreams LLC

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• Fossil Gulch
• Seven (7) GE 1.5MW SLE Turbines
• Owned by Colorado Santa Fe Real Estate
• Construction started in 2004 (Developed by Exergy
  Energy)
• Installation and Commissioning Completed 2005,
  First Utility Wind Facility in Idaho
• Operations and Maintenance (GE Wind
  Energy-Contract)
• Performance Management (Owners Representative
  Airstreams, LLC)

Hagerman, Id
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Fossil Gulch Facts

• First Utility Scale Wind Power Facility in Idaho
• Each 1500 kW Rated Power
• Would power about 400 -500 homes energy needs at
  full capacity
• 80 Meter Tower
• Airbus A380 wing span is 80m
• 77 Meter Rotor Diameter
• Cut-In Wind Speed 3.5 mps
• Low Wind Technology
• Currently two full time technicians
• Turbines are remotely monitored on a 24 hr/7 day
  basis

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Wind Farm Development Simplified

• Wind Resource Minimum 5mps annual average wind
  speed, local data collection and site
  measurements,
• Transmission - Cost to build, access and
  development costs,
• Land Private (Royalties) and Public (Lease),
  roads, infrastructure, facilities,
• Capital - 1 - 1.35m per MW installed 20 MW plus
  projects
• Power Purchaser or Market 10 to 30 year
  contracts, Purchasers will seek cheapest and
  reliable source, trend in states like California
  is for Utilities to seek competitive bids due to
  development demand.
• Project Feasibility Issues Biological Issues,
  Geological Issues, Local Issues (Noise, Visual),
  Flight Paths
• Zoning and Permitting Expertise
• Turbine Supplier Turbine Purchase Agreements
  (Demand constraints have booked most OEMs into
  Q1 2009)
• Turbine Operations and Maintenance Cost,
  Warranties, Service and Engineering Support and
  track Record

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OM Challenges

• Wind turbines located in remote areas
• Lack of Trained Personnel due to strong demand by
  other companies
• Warranties Fossil Gulch was purchased with a
  five (5) year parts and service warranty. New
  projects typically have two (2) year parts and
  service or Parts Only warranties.
• OM Costs typically 5 to 8 per MW on 20MW and
  above projects.

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Industry Trends
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• The U.S. wind energy industry installed 2,454
  megawatts (MW) in 2006, an investment of
  approximately 4 billion,
• New wind farms boosted cumulative U.S. installed
  wind energy capacity by 27 to 11,603 MW,
• Expected growth for 2007 will add 26, nearly
  3,000 MW,
• One megawatt of wind power produces enough
  electricity to serve 250 to 300 homes on average
  each day.
• Source AWEA

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Wind Resource Energy Potential
THE TOP TWENTY STATES for wind energy potential,
as measured by annual energy potential in the
billions of kWhs, factoring in environmental and
land use exclusions for wind class of 3 and
higher. 1 North Dakota 1,210 11 Colorado
481 2 Texas 1,190 12 New Mexico 435 3
Kansas 1,070 13 Idaho 73 4 South Dakota
1,030 14 Michigan 65 5 Montana 1,020 15
New York 62 6 Nebraska 868 16 Illinois 61 7
Wyoming 747 17 California 59 8 Oklahoma 725
18 Wisconsin 58 9 Minnesota 657 19 Maine
56 10 Iowa 551 20 Missouri 52
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Wind Energy Potential
The total amount of electricity that could
potentially be generated from wind in the United
States has been estimated at 10,777 billion kWh
annuallymore than twice the electricity
generated in the U.S. today. An estimated 31
billion kWh of Wind Energy will be generated in
2007, representing less than 1 of the potential.
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Thank You

• I Will Be Available for Questions Throughout the
  Conference,
• Fossil Gulch Field Trip Leaves at about 9am

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How Do Turbine Cost Stack Up?