# Wind Microgeneration Strategy for Meeting California's Carbon Neutral Grid Goal
## 3 Proposal and Analysis  
If California's growth, with respect to supply and demand for power, continues at their current rates, what quantity of small and micro-scale wind energy with combined battery storage would be needed to meet the needs of a carbon neutral grid in 2045? This will treat wind energy production and battery storage as combined units, so that the energy produced will be either used immediately on the grid or later stored for demand response. Figure 2 (below), shows the dispersion of generation sources across the state.  
From 2014 to 2018, the California instate supply grew on average 0.63% year to year. As of 2018, wind energy accounted for 7.48% of total capacity. If the state intends to keep on track with the RPS, and achieve a carbon neutral grid by 2045, then the construction (on public infrastructure) and incentivizing the purchase of (on private infrastructure) small and micro-scale (<1 kW) wind turbines and point-source grid-tied battery storage need to occur.  
For this proposal, a 400-Watt turbine with 46\" rotor diameter (based on the Primus Wind Power Air Silent X Wind Generator) and a battery bank of 4 kW continuous capacity  
Figure 2: California Energy Commission Layer displayed via the JHU ARCGIS online application [29; 30; 31].  
and at least 13 kWh charge capacity (based on Absorbent Glass Mat Battery banks assembled by wholesalesolar.com (assessed: 1 November 2021) and the lithium battery based Tesla Wall) will be used [32; 33]. Approximate costs for each are estimated at $1600 and $10,000, respectively, representing a minimalistic starting array that could be scaled up as needed for residential, commercial, and utility structures. These aforementioned consumer products were selected as standards because, at the time this paper was written, they were the most readily available. This is not intended to be an endorsement of any given product or company, merely an analysis of readily available products that could be placed into grid service immediately. The technical specifications are likely to change for both components as both technologies improve and gain more market penetration. This analysis will strictly use these.  
In the event of a fractured grid, a system such as this would be used to meet the demand of individual homes and businesses in the interim until the grid could restabilize. The emphasis on micro-scale wind turbines is used in this proposal as it allows for much lower capital costs at the point of entry into the energy market and therefore potentially encourages private citizens to use their own capital to improve the grid's reliability by implementing their own turbine systems. This would not necessarily be the case if the emphasis was initially placed on small-scale turbines that may require too large of a footprint to be viable for the average resident and ratepayer to access and utilize.  
The areas most likely to be the most vulnerable to forced power outages will be outlying communities with few transmission routes that are connected to the grid. Should the state move forward with this proposal, the implementation process should focus on those areas as they tend to have more isolated communities, rugged terrain, and a greater likelihood of being susceptible to wildfire events, which would fracture the grid.