Wind Energy Publications
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| Benchmarking U.S. Small Wind Costs with the Distributed Wind Taxonomy | AC Orrell, EA Poehlman | 9/28/2017 | Reports |
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Benchmarking U.S. Small Wind Costs with the Distributed Wind Taxonomy
A team of researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory collected cost data to establish a benchmark for average distributed wind system costs for projects using small (up through 100 kilowatts) wind turbines. Understanding costs is the starting point to identifying pathways to potential cost reduction opportunities that can help increase distributed wind’s competitiveness and expand the U.S. distributed wind market. The objective of this report is to benchmark costs for small wind projects installed in the United States using a distributed wind taxonomy. This report will also help provide a benchmark to track future small wind cost reduction progress. |
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