Parc Chanot, Marseille, France 16 - 19 March 2009

I attended the 2009 European Wind Energy Conference in Marseillle; so did over 7,500 registered participants.  I wish to thank those participants who visited my poster presentation.

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    Michael

While attending the Conference,  I presented my paper, The Effect that President Obama and the new Congress Will Have on the American Wind Market, at the 2009 European Wind Energy Conference in Marseille, France. 

My paper was presented at the Poster Reception at 14:00 on Tuesday 17 March 2009. 

May 4-7 2009, WindPower 2009 was held in Chicago, my hometown and office location.

I did NOT present a poster or oral presentation at WindPower 2009.

To celebrate WindPower 2009 was held in Chicago (My hometown and the location of my office), I have updated my EWEC paper with a Chicago Edition of my 2009 EWEC paper.

Abstract--Chicago Edition

The wind market is currently doing well in the US. Prior wind policies resulted in 11.6 GW of total capacity by 2006. By year end 2008, total US wind capacity reached 25.2 GW (1.5% of US 2008 GWh/yr) and the US became the number one country in wind capacity. A July, 2008 US Department of Energy (DOE) study projected wind at 20% (305 GW) of US generating capacity by 2030. This would require 12.7 GW/yr average increase (simple rate of growth) in installed capacity with an aggregate average cost of $25.9 (20.4 €) billion/yr (constant $/€) for wind plants (not including transmission or supply chain). The paper first presents a list of wind friendly US policy drivers. The paper then presents an up-to-date (09 March 2009) analysis of the effect that the wind friendly Obama Administration [and the new 111^th US Congress] is having on US wind market supply and demand. Wind friendly supply side and demand side policies are being drafted and implemented as this paper is being written. The US credit crunch is also having an effect on supply. Due to the credit crunch and time lag between Obama policy implementation and effect, the paper forecasts that in 2009, 6,050 MW of US wind plants will be built. This will be a (28%) decline in new installed capacity. Total installed US wind capacity at the end of 2009 will be 31,226 MW. This will a 24% increase in total installed capacity. The 2009 installed new capacity cost is expected to be $1,830,000/MW (1,446,528 €/MW) which will be a (10%) decline from the 2008 installed new capacity cost of $2,033,979/MW (1,607,253 €/MW)

To download the updated Chicago Edition of my 2009 EWEC paper, go to PRESENTATION at the EWEC 2009 Marseille, France 16 - 19 March 2009  

You will also be able to download my original Marseille 2009 EWEC paper and poster handout.

                                French Route N-7, the old Provence Road, on the way to Marseille

                       Impeccable French sources have told me that there is even a song about Route N-7

                                                        Photographer: Michael StavY

16 April 2009