2015 Distributed Wind Market Report

<p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) annual Distributed&nbsp;Wind Market Report provides stakeholders with statistics&nbsp;and analysis of the market along with insights into its trends&nbsp;and characteristics. By providing a comprehensive overview&nbsp;of the distributed wind market, this report can help plan and&nbsp;guide future investments and decisions by industry, utilities,&nbsp;federal and state agencies, and other interested parties.&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Distributed wind is defined by the wind project’s location&nbsp;relative to end-use and power distribution infrastructure,&nbsp;rather than turbine or project size. Distributed wind includes&nbsp;the following:&nbsp;</p><ul style="margin-bottom: 25px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; list-style: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: inherit; background: transparent;">Wind energy systems, either off-grid&nbsp;or grid-connected, at&nbsp;homes, farms and ranches, businesses, public and industrial&nbsp;facilities, or other sites to offset all or a portion of the local&nbsp;energy consumption at or near those locations&nbsp;</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: inherit; background: transparent;">Systems connected directly to the local grid&nbsp;to support&nbsp;grid operations and local loads.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Distributed wind is differentiated from wholesale power&nbsp;generated at large wind farms and sent via transmission lines&nbsp;to substations for distribution to loads and distant end-users.</p>