Wind Energy's Future and the Impact on U.S. Manufacturing
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Wind Energy's Future and the Impact on U.S. Manufacturing presentation at Ports-to-Plains Alliance Energy Conference in Washington DC on April 26, 2013.
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Wind Energy's Future and the Impact on U.S. Manufacturing
- 1. New American Renewable Energy Manufacturing Company Noel.Davis@velagear.com (317) 224-7831
- 3. Outlook for Wind industry Manufacturing Jobs in Wind industry Policy recommendations (non-PTC)
- 4. Electrical Generation Sources Shifting in U.S. 47% Coal 25% Coal 24% Natural Gas 35% Natural Gas 2% Renewables 12% Renewables 19% Nukes 20% Nukes 6% Hydro 6% Hydro 2010 2030 Source: U.S. Energy Information Association
- 5. Natural Gas Relative to Wind Power (Wind installs increase when Natural Gas Prices Increase) 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 $0.00 $2.00 $4.00 $6.00 $8.00 $10.00 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 $6.50 Sources: U.S. Energy Information Assoc American Wind Energy Assoc MAKE Consulting Natural Gas Price per dekatherm Wind installations will increase when N Gas prices rise
- 12. 5-MW Turbines for Offshore Wind taller than Washington Monument1.5-MW Wind Turbine predominant Land-Based size 26-stories Increasing Size – Logistics More Difficult & Costly 80 meters 250 meters 200 meters 100 meters
- 22. Wind Turbines parts are also becoming huge
- 25. U.S. Capacity vs. Demand
- 27. Vela Team – Setup Brevini Wind Confidential Vertraulich
- 28. Gear Market – Size vs. Quality 6 8 10 14 Quality (AGMALevel) 4 Rail Auto Aerospace Off Hwy Trucks Vela’s niche Defense Large size High Quality Gears Wind Energy Oil & Gas Power Gen 6” 30” 60” 90” Gear Part Size (Diameter in Inches) MiningMining
- 30. Vela Team – Setup Broadwind Facility in Chicago
- 31. Vela Team – Setup Broadwind Facility in Chicago
- 32. U.S. Turbine Fleet Aging – Maintenance Increasing 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 5% Repairs after 5 years 1% Repairs after 2 years 15% Repairs after 10 years Total Repairs Note: Currently 45,000 utility grade wind turbines installed in the U.S., by 2017 thousands will need gear repairs
- 33. Global Strategy – Regional Supply Chains Eickhoff manfs gearboxes in Germany for export to U.S. Nordex assembles turbines in Jonesboro Arkansas but desires domestic supply chain Vela’s plans are to contract manufacture Eickhoff gearboxes in the U.S. for Nordex, and repair all wind turbine drives for the U.S. market, by acquiring Brevini Wind USA
- 34. Global Strategy – Regional Supply Chains Note: Nordex turbines use Eickhoff gearboxes which are imported from Germany at high cost, GE imports nearly $1 billion from China
- 35. 6.4MW Test Bench February 25, 2010 Confidential Vertraulich Note size
- 36. Strategic Central U.S. Location West 31% 18,131 MW 10,073 Turbines East 10% 5,916 MW 3,287 Turbines Pittsburgh 6 hrs (580km) Midwest 60% 35,323 MW 19,624 Turbines16 hrs (1,800km) each dot represents a large U.S. Wind Farm
- 37. Strategic Central U.S. Location 6 hrs Pittsburgh 16 hrs Vestas 16 hrs Mitsubishi 8 hrs Nordex 6 hrs Acciona 8 hrs GE 12 hrs Gamesa Note: Distance to various customer locations, Eickhoff has a repair facility in Pittsburgh but without machine tools or test stand
- 38. New American Renewable Energy Manufacturing Company Noel.Davis@velagear.com (317) 224-7831