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1、NationalWindCoordinatingCommitteeBusinessMeetingSummary#34January19,2005Tempe,ArizonaWelcomeandPurpose:AbbyArnold,RESOLVE,welcomedattendeestotheNationalWindCoordinatingCommittee’sBusinessMeeting#34andprovidedanoverviewoftheagendafortheday.Themeetingattendeeswentaroundtheroo
2、mandintroducedthemselvesanddescribedtheirinterestinorpastexperiencewiththeNWCC.(SeeattachmentAforparticipantslist.)ThePotentialandChallengesofWindEnergyContributingtoWaterResourceManagementintheWestInadditiontotheusualNWCCbusiness(includingreviewinganddiscussingrecentworkgr
3、oupactivitiesandworkplansfornear-terndirections)theBusinessMeetingalsoprovidedanopportunitytohaveaninformationalbriefingonatopicofinteresttotheNWCCmembers.ForBusinessMeeting34,thistopicwastheissueofwaterresourcesmanagementintheSouthwest,andadiscussionoftherelationship,impac
4、tsandopportunitiesforwindenergy.RonLehroftheAmericanWindEnergyAssociationprovidedmoderationforthissession,whichfeaturedfivespeakersanddiscussion.ThefirstpresenterwasLarryFlowers,oftheWindPoweringAmericaprogram,whoprovidedasituationanalysisofwindenergyandwaterresourcesintheW
5、est.TheWindPoweringAmericaprogramhastraditionallyfocusedontheeconomicdevelopmentandeconomicsarguments,butisnowalsoinvestigatinghowwaterisusedtocoolpowerplantsandprovideservicestoresidential,commercial,industrial,andagriculturaluses.Thereisalimitedsupplyofwater,particularlyi
6、ntheWest,andoverthelongtermtheproblembecomesmorepronouncedduetopopulationgrowth,increaseddemand,andlimitedsupplyfromdroughtandclimatechange.WindPoweringAmericahasbeeninvestigatingtheseissuesandheldbriefingsforDepartmentofEnergyandNationalrenewableEnergyLabpersonnelinNovembe
7、r2004.Notingthatagriculturalusesdominatewateruseinthewest,withover70%beingusedforthispurpose,Larrydemonstratedsupplypressuresfrompopulationgrowth,urbangrowth,andclimatechange.Totalwaterwithdrawalsdifferfromconsumption,inthatitisreturnedtothesource.Howeverthisstillhasaneffec
8、tonriparianzonesandcancauseproblemsforsupply.Byexploringsustainablewithdrawal,itis
