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Wind energy leaders discuss turbine challenges
October 2, 2009 by Bob Geiger in Finance and Commerce
October 2, 2009 by Bob Geiger in Finance and Commerce
As 37-mile-per-hour gusts blasted downtown Minneapolis on Thursday, hundreds of wind-energy executives were inside the Minneapolis Hilton, discussing the challenges their industry still faces.
Chief among those challenges: weather-related down times and - perhaps more surprisingly - utilities unwilling to accept energy from wind farms because their high-voltage transmission lines can't accept any more power.