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"While the United States has excellent wind resources over much of the country,
some locations are less windy and, as a result, have not seen much wind energy
development. Harnessing wind power in a cost-effective manner has long been a
challenge in these areas. But new technologies could make it possible to
profitably capture winds blowing higher above the ground across much of the
United States.
In a recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study, researchers
found that technology innovations making their way into commercial markets
today and in coming years could unlock 80% more economically viable wind energy
capacity within the contiguous United States. This could go a long way toward
helping the nation meet its clean energy goals.
A significant portion of this potential wind energy occurs in regions of the
United States with little or no existing wind farm deployment—the Southeast,
Gulf Coast, and parts of the East Coast. These areas are close to electrical
demand centers, potentially reducing the need for new transmission to deploy
wind energy at the scale needed to meet renewable energy goals.
"These results show an unexpected opportunity to utilize wind power more
extensively in regions where transmission infrastructure already exists or
where incremental transmission could be built relatively cost effectively,"
said Owen Roberts, an NREL analyst and member of the study, which was funded by
the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Energy Technologies Office.
Expanding wind energy to those regions could offer additional benefits.
"Deploying wind power in these regions would reduce the need for governments
and utilities to import energy from distant areas to serve local demand and
would enable local jobs and local economic growth from land leases and tax
revenues," Roberts said."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
