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Applications of Wind Energy for Municipal Water
Systems
Jeffrey Havelin, P.E.
Overview
As communities grow, greater
demands are placed on water supplies, wastewater services, and the electricity
needed to power the growing water services infrastructure. Water is also a
critical resource for thermoelectric power plants. Future population growth in
the United States is therefore expected to heighten competition for water
resources. Many parts of the United States with increasing water stresses also
have significant wind energy resources. Wind power is the fastest-growing
electric generation source in the United States and is decreasing in cost to be
competitive with thermoelectric generation.
Wind energy can offer
communities in water-stressed areas the option of economically meeting
increasing energy needs without increasing demands on valuable water resources.
Wind energy can also provide targeted energy production to serve critical local
water-system needs. The research presented in this report describes a systematic
assessment of the potential for wind power to support water utility operation,
with the objective to identify promising technical applications and water
utility case study opportunities.
The
student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty (20) questions at the end of this course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or
Skill Attained
This course teaches the
following specific skills and knowledge:
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Review projected population density and Total freshwater withdrawal charts
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Review County Projected Thermoelectric Generation Needs for 2025
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Review Energy Use per Acre-Ft (kWh/AF) of Delivered Water from a CA Municipal
Utility
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Review Installed Wind Power Capacity Worldwide and Installed Wind Power
Capacity U.S. by State
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Review Annual Average Wind Resource Estimates in the U.S.
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Review Initial findings for U.S. locations with wind-water potential
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Review Wind Energy Potential in Nevada
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Review Austin Water System Energy Requirements, 2004
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Case Study of Water Supply and Treatment
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Case Study of Wind Energy Potential
Course
Click on the
following PDF attachment and review,
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory Publication - NREL/CP-500-39178 titled Wind Energy Applications
for Municipal Water Services: January 2006.
You will be quizzed on the attached document on its entirety.
Wind Energy Applications for Municipal Water Services (2.0 MB)
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credit. Click on the link below.
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