Mariah - Scandia Wind

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The
Mariah
wind power project
The Mariah wind power project
The Mariah project – at a glance
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The Mariah Project is developed by Scandia Wind Southwest LLC, a joint venture company owned by Havgul Clean
Energy AS, Alpha Wind Energy Aps and Premium Wind Coalition (PWC).
The Mariah Project is a large scale wind power development project in Texas, with a planned capacity of
2 200 MW in phase 1, an additional potential capacity of up to 2 800 MW in phase 2 and 5 000 MW in phase 3.
Scandia Wind Southwest LLC has signed land to accommodate 5 000 MW in Sherman, Dallam and Parmer counties.
and the target is to sign an additional 5 000 MW.
Key figures
• Km2/acres (fully developed)
approx 2 800/700 000
• Installed capacity
2 250 - 10 000 MW*
• Estimated construction costs (phase 1+2)
USD 4.5 - 12 billions
(USD 2.0 - 2.5 m/MW installed
* aims for 2 200 MW i phase 1, an additional 2 800 MW in phase 2 and up to 5 000 MW in phase 3. Final size of project depends on grid solutions
Phase 1
Connecting 1 200 MW into ERCOT and 1 000 MW into Eastern Intreconnection. This will support the initial
development of 2 200 MW some of which is expected to be ready for sale mid 2011 depending on development
of grid capacity and timing for access to this.
Phase 2
An additional 2 800 MW capacity of which 1 800 MW in Parmer county and 1 000 MW in Sherman county.
This phase of the Mariah Project can only be developed if the TASS project is materialized and the interconnections are connected with sufficient capacity. This phase could require some additional investments
in grid access.
Phase 3
This phase is dependant on further transmission improvements west and north-east resolving significant
bottleneck in the transmission systems. This opens up for an additional installed capacity of up to 5 000 MW
in Sherman and Dallam counties.
Turbines will be located in
the corners of the quarter
sections
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Building for a future America:
Major grid capacity projects in the pipeline
Location
Sherman County
Dallam County
Parmer County
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000 MW:
Over 600 land owners
Approximately 700 000 acres
USD 20 - 25 billion investment
Deliver power to 3 million US homes
More than 40 000 jobs
Tres Amigas
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The TresAmigas SuperStation (TASS) will act as a
power market hub, enabling the buying and selling of
electricity between three of North America's largest interconnection areas, which is not possible today.
This could potentially become the largest power
convertor in the world.
It enables the Mariah project to be built much bigger.
The Mariah project alone would increase wind power
production in Texas by near 50%.
Tres Amigas will enable Texas to continue creating
thousands of jobs by opening up for further wind power
build outs.
It will deliver baseload to ERCOT.
Allows the Mariah Project
to send power from Texas
to the major load centers
in the US.
Map shows which part of the Mariah Parmer County
wind farm that is planned to be interconnected with
ERCOT and TresAmigas
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The Mariah wind power project
The Tallgrass Line, Eastern Interconnection
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The Tallgrass Transmission line is located in the Eastern Interconnection Area and the
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) region
The project is part of the visionary SPP extra high-voltage overlay plan released in early
2008 and will have the highest capacity, most technically advanced transmission line
ever built in Oklahoma
Decision to build the high-voltage lines will depend on feed-back from potentially affected
land owners and communities
The owners of the Tallgrass Transmission line are American Electric Power (AEP), one of
the largest electric utilities in the United States, and Mid American Energy Holdings
Company, a global leader in the production of energy from diversified fuel sources
Sherman county connection to the Tallgrass Line
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Phase 1 of the Mariah Project plans to connect up to
1 000 MW wind power in Sherman county into the
Hitchland sub-station located near the city of Guymon
on the Tallgrass Line
The Mariah project in Sherman county is located approximately 40 miles from the Hitchland sub-station
This map superimposes 3 proposed HVDC projects:
Santa Fe 500 kV HVDC line from Clovis NM to markets west
in AZ, NV and CA, the Tres Amigas Super Substation outside
Clovis NM, and the Central and Eastern Clean Line dual 500
kV HVDC lines from western SPP to TVA. These HVDC projects are only viable with robust EHV networks.
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The CREZ Line, ERCOT
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A Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) is an area where wind generation facilities will be installed and from
which transmission facilities will be built to various other areas of the state to deliver renewable power to enduser consumers in the most cost effective manner
The CREZ project is the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas’ response to a public mandate to increase
renewable energy in Texas to serve the electric needs in the state
The CREZ effort will significantly increase Texas’ current level of wind generation capacity to 18 456 MW
The Mariah project has applied up to 1 200 MW in the CREZ Line connected to ERCOT Interconnection Area
Decision regarding CREZ interconnection is expected in first half 2011
Parmer county connection to the CREZ Line
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Phase 1 of the Mariah Project plans to connect up to
1 200 MW wind power in Parmer county into the
Hereford and / or Nazareth sub-stations
The Mariah project in Parmer county is located approximately 20 miles from the Nazareth sub-station
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The progress
Mariah, the economy and jobs creation
A large wind power project like Mariah will create thousands of jobs, both during construction as well as during
operation. A study carried out based on the Job and Economic Development Impact (JEDI) model, concludes that
a wind park of 5 000 MW (ie Mariah phase one and two)
would create more than 20 000 jobs during construction,
and 1 500 permanent jobs during operation.
This is confirmed by a 2008 study carried out on the economic impact of the 2 500 MW of wind energy capacity
in Nolan County, Texas. The study showed that Nolan
County would reap nearly a third of a billion dollars in
2008 from the direct and indirect effects of the wind
energy industry centered in the county.
Some findings of the study: 1 124 direct wind jobs, totaling
$45 million in payroll, not including additional employees
hired to staff hotels, motels and restaurants, or employees
of law firms that spend much of their time on legal work
related to the industry. Landowner royalties totaled
$12.264 million. Total taxpayer property values increased
from $500 million in 1999 before the advent of wind to
$2.4 billion in 2008.
TX USA
Renewable 42 - 52 USD/MWh (2004-2005)
The Mariah project will sell power to the high priced markets in the US and Canada. In addition to the avbove indicated PPAs,
the project also sell REC and PTC/ITC/Tax Grants.
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Local Economic Impacts - Summary Results Phase 1 and 2
No of jobs
During construction period
Project Development and Onsite Labor Impacts
Construction and Interconnection Labor
Construction Related Services
Turbine and Supply Chain Impacts
Induced Impacts
Total Impacts
2 507
2 179
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15 061
5 473
23 040
During operating years (annual)
Onsite Labor Impacts
Local Revenue and Supply Chain Impacts
Induced Impacts
Total Impacts
233
680
564
1 478
Estimated job creation for the Mariah project.
Summary the Mariah project
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The best wind conditions in Texas making it one of the most production
efficient renewable energy projects in the State
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The Maria project phase 1 and 2 creates:
– Up to over 20 000 jobs in the construction phase
– Approximately 1 500 jobs in the operational phase
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If ERCOT connects to TresAmigas, Mariah can deliver guaranteed peak load and
auxillary sevices to ERCOT
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TresAmigas allows the Mariah project to reach other high paying US energy markets:
– making the Mariah project more profitable
– reducing the need for public support scemes
– saving millions of taxpayers money
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Will create fantastic opportunities for the Panhandle to diversify into the renewable industry
"The Mariah project will
generate thousands of jobs”
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The Mariah wind power project
TresAmigas - Texas at a cross roads
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Enables Texas to build wind power beyond its own energy need strengthening Texas as the no 1
energy exporter in the USA
Enables Texas to continue being pioneers within the renewable industry
Through continuing developing a large home market, enables Texas to continue creating thousands
of new jobs within the renewable industry
Will lower power prices for millions of Texas consumers
Increases grid reliability and security by delivering:
– reactive effect
– frequency support
– low cost electricity from off peak markets to Texas peak load hours
– huge start up support by grid fall outs
Lowering costs and increases revenues for all new renewable projects Texas:
– Lower need for reactive effect support per project, ref ERCOT new regulations
– opens up other high paying US energy markets when the Texas market is constrained
Making wind power projects more profitable reducing the need for public support scemes for
renewable energy saving taxpayers millions of dollars
Enables the CREZ Line to be better utilized and used more efficiently
Jim Swafford, CEO
P.O. Box 783
1000 8th Street
Bovina TX, 79009
Office: (806) 251-1015
Mobile: (806) 789-4989
e-mail: jim@scandiawind.com
www.scandiawind.com
www.mariahproject.com