Four Corners WInd Resource Center

GreenByte recently released their “Evolution of Wind” infographic that illustrates the changes in global wind capacity from 1981 t0 2016. According to the time-lapse visualization, global wind power capacity has risen 11%, from 432.4 GW in 2015 to 486.7 GW in 2016.

Read more: http://www.fourcornerswind.org/evolution_of_wind_resource

Evolution of Wind Resource infographic that illustrates the changes in global wind capacity from 1981 t0 2016. According to the time-lapse visualization, global wind power capacity has risen 11%, from 432.4 GW in 2015 to 486.7 GW in 2016. United States wind capacity increased 10% from 73,991 MW in 2015 to 82,184 MW in 2016....

Check out the latest webinar by Four Corners Wind Resource Center. Understanding the Functions and Benefits of Regional Electricity Markets discusses the functions of and services provided in an “organized” regional electric market, benefits of cooperation and how an organized market can cost-effectively support wind and other renewables. This webinar provides an overview of the two efforts underway to form regional markets in the west – the Western Regional System Operator and the Mountain West Transmission Group. Collectively, these two efforts could affect eight of the 11 states in the Western Interconnection. View the webinar here: http://www.fourcornerswind.org/understanding_the_functions_and_benefits_of_regional_electricity_markets

Understanding the Functions and Benefits of Regional Electricity Markets The majority of utilities in the U.S. participate in organizations that help plan and manage transmission operations and power flows, ensuring that power is available when and where it is needed. These Independent System Operators or Regional Transmission Organizations improve the reliability of th...

Our latest webinar is now available for viewing online here: http://www.fourcornerswind.org/good_citizen

In this webinar, Mark Ahlstrom (Vice President of Renewable Energy Policy, NextEra Energy Resources, Wind Logics) and Jim Caldwell (Lead Project Manager, Low Carbon Grid Study)
discuss how wind energy from our region is a growing, increasingly important source of electricity in the Western energy market that helps keep electric costs low. We explore a future that contains great amounts of wind and look at how wind energy can provide services that are necessary to maintain a reliable electric grid. Best practices that allow for cost-effective integration of ever increasing amounts of wind energy are also reviewed.

Wind: A Good Citizen of the Electric Grid What part will wind energy play in our electric future in the region? Will wind energy support a reliable, low cost electric system or does it require special considerations and add costs? Experience shows that wind energy is a good citizen of the grid in the Four Corners states and beyond, providin…

Please join us for this upcoming webinar hosted by the Four Corners Wind Resource Center on December 14 at 1:00 pm mountain time. Click the link below for more info and registration.
http://www.fourcornerswind.org/good_citizen_webinar

Webinar: "Wind Energy: A Good Citizen of the Electric Grid" The Four Corners Wind Resource Center invites you to join us on December 14 from 1:00-2:00 pm mountain time for our upcoming webinar, "Wind Energy: A Good Citizen of the Electric Grid." Register here.What part will wind energy play in our electric future in the region? Will wind energy support a rel…

http://www.fourcornerswind.org/small_business_vouchers

Department of Energy launches Small Business Vouchers Pilot Program In July 2015, the Department of Energy launched its Small Business Vouchers Pilot Program to help clean energy small businesses access world-class researchers, facilities and expertise at national laboratories across the country.

Some comic relief for wind energy fans to break up the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY&feature=youtu.be

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A primer on the Clean Power Plan

The Four Corners Wind Resource Center will provide timely resources on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP) rule in the coming months. New resources will be posted periodically as they become available.

The following resources provide an introduction to the CPP:

This series of short webinars, created by Georgetown Law's Georgetown Climate Center, provides a summary of the final CPP rule: http://www.georgetownclimate.org/clean-power-plan-summary-of-the-final-rule

This decision tree, created by the EPA, shows some of the compliance pathways available to states under the final CPP rule. It is up to states to choose how they will meet the requirements of the rule:http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-08/documents/flow_chart_v6_aug5.pdf

Clean Power Plan: Summary of the Final Rule | Georgetown Climate Center In a recent webinar for state officials, the Georgetown Climate Center provided a summary of EPA’s final Clean Power Plan rule to limit carbon pollution from existing power plants.

WINDExchange releases new informational slideshows

In October 2015, WINDExchange released three informational slideshows "that quickly convey wind energy facts and can easily be shared with other interested stakeholders." Topics currently covered include Wind Energy Integration, Wind Energy Benefits, and Wind Energy Impacts. Look for more additions to the slideshow series in the coming months.

The slideshows may be viewed here: http://apps2.eere.energy.gov/wind/windexchange/slideshows/index.asp

In case you missed it or just want to see it again, the Four Corners Wind Resource Center's webinar, The Value of Wind Energy, and accompanying slide shows are now available on our website at http://www.fourcornerswind.org/the_value_of_wind. Speakers include Karin Wadsack, NAU; Mark Rush, GE Power and Water; and Stephen Beuning, Excel Energy.

The Value of Wind Energy This webinar, the fourth in a series, provides information on the advances in wind technology and how one of the region’s leading utilities values and manages its wind resource.

Arizona has the opportunity to expand its wind energy development, and the accompanying economic benefits, due to advances in wind turbine technology. Find out more here: http://www.fourcornerswind.org/arizona

Check out New Mexico's amazing wind resource here: http://www.fourcornerswind.org/new_mexico