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Putting wind-generated power where it's needed
But while regulators are paving the way for wind-farm development with tax credits and loosened regulations, the key challenge facing those developers is that existing transmission lines, substations and transformers are inadequate to handle the amount of energy expected to come from wind farms in various stages of development across the country. There's already a waiting list for wind-farm developers who want to hook into the existing grid.
March 29, 2010
by Julie Wernau
in Chicago Tribune
The national push for more wind turbine-generated electricity could turn Illinois into a transmission hub.
"Illinois is the crossroads. Historically, whether it's rails, shipping, travel, O'Hare airport, it's a geographical midpoint, or hub, positioned for all things moving west to east," said Thomas O'Neill, chief operating officer at Chicago-based Exelon Transmission Co., a unit of Exelon Corp.
But while regulators are paving the way for wind-farm development with tax credits and loosened regulations, the key challenge facing those developers is that existing transmission lines, substations and transformers are inadequate to handle the amount of energy expected to come from wind farms... [continue via Web link]
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