Transmission
High-voltage power line would link Madison, La Crosse
From a blog post by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: American Transmission Co. announced Monday that it will seek to build a 345,000-volt power line linking Madison and La Crosse, with the cost of the project tentatively pegged at $425 million. The Pewaukee-based power company says two years of study have shown that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wind power might require a costly grid expansion
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The Midwest could be crisscrossed with a new network of high voltage power lines to move wind-generated power from the windiest spots in the Dakotas, Iowa and Minnesota. A group of utilities in 11 states, including Pewaukee-based American Transmission Co., is studying three alternatives, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Will we create a grid smart enough for the 21st century?
As daylight fades, Manhattan continues to gorge on power. New York City is tied to fuels like natural gas, with less than one percent of its electricity coming from wind or solar. From an article by Joel Achenbach in National Geographic, with photos by Joe McNally Can we fix the infrastructure that powers our lives? [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Xcel Energy and co-sponsors release Phase One of Transmission Study for transporting wind energy across Upper Midwest
From an news release issued by Excel Energy: MINNEAPOLIS – Phase One of a comprehensive study released today by a coalition of energy leaders, identifies future transmission needs in the Upper Midwest to support renewable energy development and to transport that energy to population and electricity load centers. Xcel Energy is co-sponsoring the study with [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Making a connection: Wind transmission grid weakens west of Wisconsin
From an article by Melissa Rigney Baxter in The Daily Reporter: The multimillion-dollar construction projects to get the blades spinning won’t mean much if there’s no way to transmit wind farm electricity. So far in Wisconsin, transmission has been less of a problem than local approvals and harnessing the wind, but that could change as [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Questions follow announcement of green superhighway
From an article by Judy Newman: The proposal would involve building massive 765-kilovolt transmission lines — nearly twice the capacity of the biggest lines now running through the state, at 345 kilovolts — and would run through parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. A conceptual map has the line [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )High-voltage superhighway for green power announced
From a blog entry by Tom Content on JSonline.com: A major power line network linking the windiest parts of the Midwest with Milwaukee and Chicago was unveiled today by a Michigan transmission utility. There’s no word on how such a project would get built, given longstanding opposition to major high-voltage power line projects, but ITC [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Transmission poses obstacle to wind power
From an article by Philip Brasher in the Des Moines Register: Washington, D.C. – The political winds are right for making wind power in Iowa. The problem is getting that power to the big cities that can use it. President-elect Barack Obama wants to use a massive economic stimulus program to create a green economy, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )ATC sees need for $2.7 billion in transmissions upgrades
From a media release issued by American Transmission Company, LLC: WAUKESHA, Wis. – American Transmission Co. identifies in its 2008 10-Year Transmission System Assessment report (www.atc10yearplan.com ) an estimated $2.7 billion in work needed over the next 10 years to ensure that the transmission grid can reliably meet the electricity needs of people and businesses [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gov. Doyle announces regional initiative focused on wind energy support
From a media release issued by Governor Jim Doyle: MADISON – Today Governor Jim Doyle and four other Midwest Governors announced the creation of a regional transmission planning effort that will promote regional electric transmission investment and cost sharing. The Upper Midwest Transmission Development Initiative will identify wind generation resources, transmission projects and infrastructure needed [...]
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