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Wind Energy Mission, Vision, and Goals

The program's mission is responsible stewardship of national resources to increase the development and deployment of reliable, affordable, and environmentally sustainable wind power to realize the benefits of domestic renewable energy production.

Vision

The program's vision is "one team managing the public's investment in wind power technologies to maximize energy security, economic vitality, and environmental quality."

Goals

The program has defined goals for its technology viability and technology application activities that will position wind power as an attractive advanced technology option for the twenty-first century. These goals are:

  • By 2010, facilitate the installation of at least 100 megawatts of wind energy in 30 states from a baseline of 8 states in 2002; and by 2018, facilitate the installation of at least 1,000 MW in at least 15 states, from an estimated baseline of 3 states in 2008.
  • By 2012, reduce the cost of electricity from large wind systems in Class 4 winds to 3.6 cents per kilowatt-hour for land-based systems from a baseline of 5.5 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2002.
  • By 2012, complete program activities addressing electric power market rules, interconnection impacts, operating strategies, and system planning needed for wind energy to compete without disadvantage to serve the nation's energy needs.
  • By 2014, reduce the cost of electricity from large wind systems in Class 6 winds to 7 cents/kWh for shallow water (depths up to 30 meters) offshore systems from a baseline of 9.5 cents/kWh in 2005.
  • By 2015, expand the number of distributed wind turbines (1 kilowatt or larger) deployed in the U.S. market fivefold from a 2007 baseline (2,400 units)

Program Documents

The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Wind Power Today and Tomorrow provides an overview of DOE's accomplishments and activities in 2006 (PDF 3.2 MB).

Wind Energy Multiyear Program Plan for 2007-2012 lays out the long-term vision and goals of the Wind Energy Program (PDF 2.3 MB).

Top 10 Program Accomplishments lists the major successes of the Wind Program (PDF 1.8 KB).

Program Strategic Planning Meeting

The U.S. Department of Energy Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program convened its Strategic Planning Meeting on February 5 – 6, 2008. Portions of the meeting presentations focus on the initial findings of the 20% Wind Energy by 2030 report.