Wind power in Washington

At the end of 2015, the installed capacity of wind power in Washington was 3,075 megawatts (MW) with wind power accounting for 7,101 GWh.2016 State of the Interconnection page 23. WECC, 2016. Archive In 2016, it reached a generation of 8,041 GWh, comprising 7.1% of the electricity generated in the state. In 2023, it had a capacity of 3,407 MW (with another 600MW under construction), responsible for 7.75% of generation.Wind Energy in Washington

State legislative support

Initiative 937 required electric utilities with 25,000 or more customers to have 15 percent of their power supply generated from new renewable resources – excluding existing hydropower – by 2020. Washington has sales tax exemptions for wind energy. Washington provides utility grants, loans and rebates for wind power.

Notable projects

Name Location Capacity (MW) Windy Point Wind Farm Klickitat County 400 Wild Horse Wind Farm Kittitas County 273 Marengo Wind Farm Columbia County 211 White Creek Wind Farm Klickitat County 205 Big Horn Wind Farm Klickitat County 200 Stateline Wind Farm Walla Walla County 177 Hopkins Ridge Wind Farm Columbia County 157 PSE Hopkins Ridge Wind Facility Lower Snake River Wind Project Garfield County 344.7 Tucannon River Wind Farm Columbia County 267 Tucanon River Wind Farm Palouse Wind Farm Whitman County 100 http://www.firstwind.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Palouse-Fact-Sheet.pdf Nine Canyon Wind Project Benton County 95.9

Potential capacity

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that Washington has the potential to install over 18,000 megawatts of onshore wind power. Washington ranks 24th in its potential for onshore wind generation, and also has the potential to install 120,964 MW of offshore wind generation, which could generate 488,025 GWh/year.Renewable Energy Technical Potential

Installed Installed wind power capacity in Washington has seen strong growth in recent years and Washington now ranks among the top ten states with the most wind power installed. Wind power accounted for 5.3% of total electricity generated in Washington during 2011.

The table below shows the growth in wind power installed nameplate capacity in MW for Washington from 1999 to 2011.

Statistics

Wind power in Washington Year Capacity (MW)WINDExchange: U.S. Installed and Potential Wind Power Capacity and Generation Generation (GWh) Capacity factor (%) Generation (% of total) 2000 0 2001 180.2 2002 228.3 418 21.9 2003 243.9 602 28.2 2004 240.6 737 35 2005 390 498 15.6 2006 818.1 1,038 14.5 2007 1,163.2 2,439 23.9 2008 1,375 3,658 30.4 2009 1,848.9 3,571 22 2010 2,104.4 4,475 24.3 4.6% 2011 2,573 6,261 27.8 5.3% 2012 2,808 6,600 26.8 5.8% 2013 2,808 7,003 24.5 6.2% 2014 3,075 7,269 26 6.3% 2015 3,075 7,077 26.3 6.5% 2016 3,075 8,043 29.9 7.1% 2017 3,075 6,925 25.75.97% 2018 3,075 7,899 29.36.77% 2019 3,085 6,679 24.7 7.33% 2020 3,395 9,266 28 7.98% 2021 9,298 8.39%20228,0616.91%20237,6017.33%202488638.66%202585708.31%2026

Washington wind generation (GWh, million kWh) Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec2002 418 48 21 51 35 28 33 36 31 34 26 33 422003 602 28 35 71 76 42 74 61 55 33 42 52 332004 737 70 59 85 62 72 48 39 47 57 65 58 752005 498 30 23 56 42 48 63 34 38 40 44 49 312006 1,038 151 81 85 77 73 59 81 53 49 63 184 822007 2,439 151 155 211 197 183 211 156 200 201 206 196 3722008 3,658 314 297 361 375 330 397 307 297 170 238 253 3192009 3,571 316 144 435 322 330 356 239 345 282 307 334 1612010 4,475 221 130 401 619 522 519 422 471 361 348 402 3292011 6,261 519 484 513 745 557 637 529 572 367 497 499 3422012 6,600 531 511 777 607 682 724 469 484 316 516 345 6382013 7,003 502 672 649 890 610 537 568 456 587 350 505 6772014 7,269 448 540 754 770 723 783 552 491 517 480 679 5322015 7,077 304 492 573 681 524 567 772 717 554 578 608 7072016 8,043 438 631 819 699 797 780 735 575 684 606 606 6732017 6,925 282 441 650 806 567 772 827 611 528 664 498 2792018 7,899 447 863 708 793 751 836 756 819 559 394 516 4572019 6,679 315 385 366 764 720 884 819 688 641 519 325 2532020 9,265 931 972 915 800 784 745 725 627 501 876 775 6142021 9,298 553 1,028 798 911 803 703 584 709 673 738 920 8872022 8,061 521 792 849 902 941 675 484 579 555 648 590 5252023 7,601 631 873 846 780 568 509 478 539 544 547 66861320248863543673709100411108386946596836887135592025857072369510178307536995424724087507379452026726640 Source:

Wind power in Washington

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