2. Shallowater ISD Wind Turbine Project

3. Partners: – Xcel Energy-Paul Leonard – South Plains Electric Coop-Jantzen Louder – Entegrity Wind Systems-Charles Newcomb – Western Winds-Shelby Walton – David Baccus-Underwood Law Firm – Shallowater ISD School Board – Dr. Andy Swift-Texas Tech University

11. Thinking Outside the Box?

17. Project Timeframe Brainstorming Session (January 2006) Data Gathering- Google and other sources (February – March) Initial meetings with Western Winds/Entegrity (April –May)

18. Timeframe (cont.) Collection of Data and presentations to School Board (May-June) Confimation of Data (June – July) Recommendation to School Board and start of project (September - October

19. Timeframe (cont.) Project Construction (October 2006 – January 2007 Project Completion (January 2007)

20. Project Timeframe Gather Data Brainstorming (January 2006) Data Gathering from Google and other sources (February – March) Initial Meetings with Western Winds/Entegrity (April – May) School Board Approval Collection of Data and presentation to School Board (May – June) Confirmation of Data (June – July) Recommendation to School Board/Start of Project (September – October) Construction & Completion Project Construction (October – January 2007) Project completion (January 2007)

21. Project Payback Production Revenue Cost Benefit to District

24. Production Each Turbine will produce 150,000 KWH per year on average. Shallowater High School uses 1.2 million KWH per year. Three Turbines will produce 450,000 KWH. Approximately 30-40% of our usage can be covered with three turbines @ 9 cents per KWH. (a potential savings of 450,000KWH *.09 = $40,500)

25. Electricity Avg. Cost per Day

26. Kilowatt Hours Used

27. Revenue Green Credit Production is an added benefit (possible additional revenue on sale of Green Credits) Some companies pay more for clean energy. (Whole Foods, Microsoft, Starbucks, etc.) On five wind turbines, we project $70,000 in savings on our energy costs and a possible Green Credit sale of $25,000

28. District Cost Benefit Using EDA money from state makes SISD’s share of the cost at 30%. Total cost for the project was $700,000 SISD’s share of the cost was $210,000 With $70,000 a year savings, the district will pay our share in 3 years on a turbine that has a 30 year life. Over the span of 27 years, the district will save $1,890,000 in electrical costs.

33. Wind is “Good Business” Net metering – Gaining credit for production at the meter. The produced electricity is taking the place of energy at retail cost Excess production is stored in the local grid and used over a period of a month

34. Production of the electricity is for your own use and not for wholesale production Wholesale production on this scale would not be cost effective These machines are about 1/12 to 1/24 the size of the 600KWH and 1.2 MWH machines.

35. Challenges Community Awareness Noise Distance to Residential Areas