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GE Energy to research wind power in California
Atlanta Business Chronicle|May 4, 2006
GE Energy has joined forces with the University of California to investigate the impact higher levels of intermittent renewable power generation, such as wind energy, will have on California's power grid.
GE Energy has joined forces with the University of California to investigate the impact higher levels of intermittent renewable power generation, such as wind energy, will have on California's power grid.
Atlanta-based GE Energy, a subsidiary of GE (NYSE: GE), said its goals in the study include ensuring grid reliability and quality and accommodating emerging markets for renewable generation, including both wind and solar energy. The California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research program (PIER) will finance the project.
In 2004 and 2005, GE Energy did a similar study of the New York State power grid to assess how intermittent renewable (specifically wind) generation, at varying capacities and locations, would impact system reliability, transmission planning and operations, and power market administration in New York State. Since it was released, the study has become the de facto precedent for renewable power planning …
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Atlanta-based GE Energy, a subsidiary of GE (NYSE: GE), said its goals in the study include ensuring grid reliability and quality and accommodating emerging markets for renewable generation, including both wind and solar energy. The California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research program (PIER) will finance the project.
In 2004 and 2005, GE Energy did a similar study of the New York State power grid to assess how intermittent renewable (specifically wind) generation, at varying capacities and locations, would impact system reliability, transmission planning and operations, and power market administration in New York State. Since it was released, the study has become the de facto precedent for renewable power planning throughout the United States and has been referred to by industry experts as "landmark" and "the most comprehensive wind integration assessment conducted to date in the United States," GE Energy said.
California leads the nation in the development of wind power. At the end of 2005, the state had 2,150 megawatts of installed wind capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association.