Transmission
WPL is penalized for unclear information about wind-farm project
From an article by Judy Newman in the Wisconsin State Journal: Wisconsin Power & Light got a slap on the wrist from state regulators for not making it clear that there will be problems getting electricity out to consumers from a major wind farm the Madison utility company is building in Minnesota. Last April, WPL [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wind energy producers face wall in moving power east
From an article by Dan Piller in the Des Moines Register: Iowa energy policymakers know that building the nation’s second-largest wind generating capacity was relatively easy compared with the next step of figuring how to transport surplus electricity to Eastern cities. One thing appears certain: If plans don’t gel relatively soon on ways to move [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Business, labor, renewable groups support evaluation of transmission line
For Immediate Release September 29, 2010 For More Information Contact: Dave Poklinkoski: (608) 256-8896 Brandon Scholz: (608) 244-7150 Michael Vickerman: (608) 255-4044 BUSINESS, LABOR, RENEWABLE GROUPS SUPPORT EVALUATION OF BENEFITS OF BADGER COULEE TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT MADISON, Wis. – American Transmission Co. (ATC) recently announced that, after two years of study, a 345-kilovolt transmission line [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )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 [...]
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