About JEDI Wind Model
The Jobs and Economic Development Impacts (JEDI) Wind
model allows the user to estimate economic development impacts from
wind power generation projects. JEDI Wind has default information that
can be used to run a generic impacts analysis assuming wind industry
averages. Model users are encouraged to enter as much project-specific
data as possible. User inputs specific to JEDI Wind include:
- Construction materials and labor costs
- Turbine, tower, blade costs, and local content information
- Utility interconnection, engineering, land easements, and permitting costs
- Annual operating and maintenance costs (personnel, materials, and services)
- Tax, land lease, and financing parameters
Recent updates to JEDI Wind
Updates are made by the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory's JEDI team as part of the continuous effort to provide
user-friendly features and current information.
Some of the model's categories have been re-labeled to reflect a
more accurate description of these impacts and facilitate user
interpretation of model results.
Results for jobs, earnings, and output during the construction period are now:
- Project Development and On-site Labor (re-labeled from Direct)
- Turbine and Supply Chain Impacts (re-labeled from Indirect)
- Induced Impacts
Impacts during the operating periods are now:
- On-site Labor (re-labeled from Direct)
- Local Revenue and Supply Chain Impacts (re-labeled from Indirect)
- Induced Impacts
Due to the new categorization, the impact results distribution may appear
differently in this new model compared to old models.
A more detailed description of the revisions are available in the
JEDI Wind Release Notes. Some of the documents in this section are
available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader
For questions regarding these updates or the JEDI Wind Energy Model generally please contact: JEDIsupport@nrel.gov
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