Renewable Energy: Solar and Wind. Jim Zuber Acting Advanced Energy Manager Ohio Department of Development Ohio Energy Office October 29, 2007

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1 Renewable Energy: Solar and Wind Jim Zuber Acting Advanced Energy Manager Ohio Department of Development Ohio Energy Office October 29, 2007

2 Wind Energy Generation of electricity from wind, typically 3-bladed turbine design Fastest growing segment of energy in world: Almost $20 billion annually worldwide, ~$4-5 billion in U.S. ~40% CAGR Cheapest form of non-polluting renewable energy, competitive natural gas and new coal electric power generation

3 Ohio Wind Resource 66,000 megawatts of potential on-shore Similar magnitude offshore in Lake Erie

4 Wind is Big

5 Wind Turbine 18 Clipper Windpower, Inc.

6 Wind Turbine

7 Installed Wind Capacity (MW)

8 Charles Brush, 1888 Cleveland

9 NASA Experimental Turbine, Sandusky, late 1970 s

10 AMP-Ohio JV6 Wind Farm Ohio s first (and still only) utility-scale wind farm: 2003 Four 1.8 MW wind turbines 7.2 MW total Partners: City of Bowling Green Wood County AMP-Ohio Green Mountain Energy Company

11 U.S. Wind Manufacturing Site Selection Date Company State RPS? March 2006 Gamesa PA Yes August 2005 Clipper IA Yes April 2007 Acciona IA Yes August 2006 Siemens IA Yes Fall 2005 Suzlon MN Yes Nov DeWind TX Yes April 2007 Vestas CO Yes

12 Ohio: #2 in Wind Mfrg. Potential State Employees At Potential Companies Rotor NNacelle & Controls Nacelle& Cop& Controls Gearbox & Drive Train Generator & Power Electronics Tower California 102,255 25,226 52,490 1,380 14,889 8,270 Ohio 80,511 30,578 33,367 6,360 3,372 6,834 Texas 60,229 15,191 28,339 1,678 3,006 12,015 Michigan 66,550 27,719 30,241 2, ,198 Illinois 57,304 20,001 24,193 5,520 3,143 4,447 Indiana 53,063 18,962 20,359 4,783 2,633 6,326 Pennsylvania 50,304 16,647 20,844 2,565 1,997 8,251 Wisconsin 48,164 17,795 21,317 3, ,689 New York 47,376 10,855 24,188 4,020 5,966 2,347 South Carolina 20,532 4,398 4,510 6,780 1,765 3,079

13 Ohio Suppliers to Wind Industry Advance Manufacturing Cleveland Large castings Advantech Cincinnati Control systems Afab Tech Mansfield Cooling systems, electronics American Tank & Manufacturing Cleveland Tower components Argo-Hytos Bowling Green Filtration systems Avon Bearings Avon Bearings Canton Drop Forge Canton Castings for gearboxes Cardinal Fastener Bedford Heights Fasteners Cast-Fab Technologies Cincinnati Castings Cincinnati Gear Cincinnati Gears Cleveland Gear Cleveland Gears Dyson Painesville Nuts and bolts Eaton Cleveland Electronics and valves EGC Chardon Tension bolts ERICO Solon Grounding Honeywell Urbana Obstruction lighting Joslyn Hi-Voltage Cleveland Switches Koyo Westlake Bearings Lubrizol Wickliffe Lubricants Magma Machine Cincinnati Castings for hubs Michael Byrne Manufacturing Mansfield Gears Molded Fiberglass Ashtabula Blades Owens-Corning Toledo Composite fibers for blades Parker-Hannifin Mayfield Heights Pitch control systems Rotek Aurora Bearings Sherwin-Williams Cleveland Coatings for blades Swiger Coil Cleveland Windings and generators Timken Canton Bearings

14 Dayton, OH: Average 4.4 Peak Sun Hrs/Day December = 2.4 June & July = 5.6 There is Sun in Ohio Phoenix, AZ: Average 5.2 Sun Hrs/Day

15 Solar Equipment These components provide the structural, monitoring, interconnection and safety features required for any electrical power system. Include: fuses, circuit breakers, switches, combiner boxes, mounting, wiring, meters and grounding

16 Supply Chain Equipment Mounting Hardware UniRac Albuquerque, NM Sharp new SRS product -??? Direct Power & Water - Albuquerque, NM now a division of Preformed Line Products, Cleveland, OH Solar Modules Multi-crystal: Sharp Memphis, TN Evergreen Boston, MA Thin-film: First Solar, Perrysburg, OH Uni-Solar Auburn Hills, MI

17 Supply Chain Equipment Major Distributor: DC Power Systems Healdsburg, CA Services Local Ohio Electricians & Plumbers Local Ohio Financial & Legal services System Financing a real need/opportunity Partnerships Architectual firms multiple Mechanical & Electrical Engineering: HEAPY Dayton, OH Analysis Software: OnGrid Solar Energy Systems -

18 Ohio s Advantages Ohio: In Top 10 In Plant Activity For the past four years Ohio has placed in the top ten in Site Selection Magazine's highly coveted Governor's Cup. The Governor s Cup award recognizes the state with the most new or expanded plant activity. Factors contributing to Ohio's strong performance include: (1) Central location, which attracts manufacturing and distribution investment (2) Sharp economic development tools, ranging from tax incentives to a low-interest financing program to work-force training programs (3) Strong investment on the part of domestic and foreign owned companies (4) Manufacturing represents 16% of NE Ohio s employment (versus 11% nationally) 28

19 Ohio s Advantages Costs of Doing Business in Ohio $37,870 $36,270 $8.72 $ US Average Ohio Average

20 Ohio s Advantages Wind industry sold out years ahead and continued rapid market growth anticipated U.S. is largest wind market in world, yet most equipment is manufactured in Europe and shipped across Atlantic at high cost Ohio has substantial resources to offer to wind equipment manufacturers New capacity decisions required soon by wind equipment manufacturers Next capacity expansion for wind equipment manufacturers might best be located in U.S. Within U.S., Ohio is prime location for next capacity expansion