Featured in Looking forward – 08-2012

Upgrade for the US grid

Transmission lines for solar: While hundreds of megawatts of new solar power projects have been approved by U.S. states and municipalities in recent times, the question of where associated transmission lines will be sited still hangs over some of these developments like the Sword of Damocles, a problem that could crash down with a terminating effect on a project.

By

Charles W. Thurston

27 Jul 2012

It is no secret that the availability of transmission lines that could carry planned utility-scale solar energy generation to urban centers in the United States is still lacking in many areas, particularly the Southwest, where solar insolation is the highest. Now state utility commissions and transmission system operators in the region – and especially in …

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