Transmitting Renewable Energy to the Grid : The Case of Texas

Transmitting Renewable Energy to the Grid : The Case of Texas

The note is based on original work by Marcelino Madrigal and Steven Stoft, "Transmission Expansion for Renewable Energy Scale-Up: Emerging Lessons and Recommendations". Texas leads the United States with 9,528 MW of installed wind power capacity, a level exceeded by only four countries. Th...

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Main Authors: Madrigal, Marcelino, Jordan, Rhonda Lenai
Format: Brief
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
approach
availability
biomass
BOTTOM LINE
capacity expansion
coal
congestion
electric grid
electricity
energy generation
energy mix
energy resource
energy systems
energy technologies
energy utilities
environmental benefits
environmental impacts
fuel
generating capacity
natural gas
nonrenewable resources
petroleum
renewable energy
renewable energy generation
renewable energy program
renewable generation
renewable portfolio standard
renewable resources
renewable sources
renewables
transmission capacity
transmission facilities
transmission infrastructure
transmission system
utilities
wind
wind capacity
wind farms
wind generation
wind power
wind power capacity
wind sites
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17142

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