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wind resource map. Wind quality for
electricity generation. Darker is better. (Source: US Department of
Energy, Energy Ef
fig. 13.2
United States
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ciency and Renewable Energy Division)
to be set for each country in the EU. These are necessary
because of differing potentials for renewables in different
countries, and wind power plays a large role in their plans
for the electricity sector, though the high variability of
wind is already giving problems in Germany and Spain at
levels well below their ultimate goals. Whatever the
details, the EU is committed to a big expansion in renew-
ables and they will use all the renewables discussed in this
chapter as part of the package.
I noted earlier that good wind sites are not uniformly
distributed. Figure
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ciency and Renewable Energy Division (EERE) shows
the situation in the United States
.
from the DOE
'
s Energy Effi-
the darker the
shading, the better the site. The best are at the coasts,
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www.windpoweringamerica.gov/wind_maps.asp.
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