ENABLING THE WIND VISION
In order to quantify the impacts and benefits of wind energy through 2050, the Wind Vision Report models three different scenarios:
1. The “Baseline Scenario” holds wind energy capacity constant, at the level of installed capacity at the end of 2013.
2. The “Business-as-Usual Scenario” factors in variables such as electricity demand, fossil fuel prices, wind power and other renewable energy costs, as well as existing transmission expansion patterns. Under this scenario wind economically competes as part of the U.S. electricity generating fleet, and with federal and state policies as enacted as of January 1, 2014.