• Kansas is exploiting less than
1% of its enormous wind resource (3rd best in nation).
• As of March 2009, more than
6,200 megawatts (MW) of wind project
s were proposed in the state.
• Data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that
96% of Kansas electric generation currently comes from baseload sources.
• Research from the
Kansas Energy Council shows that Kansas is not in immediate need of building baseload capacity.
Wind •
The floor - In 2008, DOE, NREL, and AWEA studies confirmed that at least 7
gigawatts (7,000 MW) of wind development in Kansas was feasible by 2030 (including the 1,000 MW of wind already built).
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The ceiling – In 2009 the Joint Coordinated System Plan (a group of regional transmission operators in the eastern interconnect, including SPP) concluded that the entire SPP region could generate around
60 gigawatts of wind by 2024. The ACORE analysis calculated that Kansas could provide
19 gigawatts of that total.
• ACORE concluded that the solar resource in primarily western Kansas could support at least 1,600 MW of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) (four 400MW plants) built between 2012-2024.
• ACORE also concluded that Kansas has 1,100 MW of biopower potential for electric generation, which could convert the oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants in Kansas through biopower conversion and co-firing.
ManufacturingACORE incorporated data from the
Renewable Energy Policy Project report for Kansas - development of wind, solar, geothermal manufacturing could yield over
11,000 jobs and
$1.97 billion in investment in
425 existing Kansas manufacturing firms.
7,000 MW (7 GW) of wind by 2030$136,807,500 - Property tax/ payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs)
$141,525,000 – Total landlease payments
$2,017,000,000 - Total economic impact of construction
$146,000,000 - Direct O&M impacts
19,000 MW (19 GW) of wind by 2030 $435,652,500 - Property tax/ payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs)
$450,675,000 - Landlease payments
$6,376,000,000 - Total economic impact of construction
$324,000,000 - Direct O&M impacts
Report also calculated additional numbers on indirect and induced economic impacts.If Kansas could captures 20% of wind manufacturing for in-state wind:Wind energy jobs would increase by 48%
Earnings would increase by 65%
Economic output would increase by 81%
If Kansas could capture 100% of wind manufacturing for in-state wind:Wind energy jobs would increase by 238%
Earnings would increase by 324%
Economic output would increase by 405%
1,600 MW of solar CSP from 2012-2024$45,000,000 – By 2024, annual property and sales tax revenue per year
$2,589,000,000 - Total economic impact of construction
$26,000,000 - Direct O&M impacts in wage and salary
1,100 MW biopowerBy 2018, could sustain over 2,500 jobs per year with a total annual economic impact of over $400 million.
TRANSMISSIONThe state’s development of renewables is also largely dependent on building new transmission - Extra High Voltage lines (765 kV) within the SPP region, and large direct current lines (800 HVDC) that transport wind energy to urban markets in South and East.
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