SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — North Dakota is expected add hundreds of megawatts of wind energy this year, while development has slowed to a near stop in South Dakota. The difference seems to be the availability of high-voltage power lines to ship the power to cities that need it.
South Dakota has more than 30,000 megawatts of proposed wind energy projects in the queue, according to the American Wind Energy Association, but a state association director said he's received no indication from developers that they're ready to start building new wind farms. More...
Is there enough Grid capacity in our area?
Is there enough Grid capacity and infrastructure to handle all the projects planned for Jefferson County NY?
In early August of 2005, Acciona's project developer Todd Hopper said that Acciona (NY Wind) was considering installing 1.5-megawatt wind turbines in the town near the shore.
May 14, 2006~Mr. Hopper said ~ The Company was hampered more by the transmission lines 130-megawatt capacity.
Has the grid system in Jefferson County changed?
The Projects Proposed for Jefferson County
Acciona ~ St. Lawrence wind ~ 76.5 MW
Bp ~ Cape Vincent wind ~ 210 MW
Iberdrola Horse Creek ~ 100 MW
Upstate NY Power ~ Galloo with 252
For a total of 638.5 MW
Even if you subtract the 252 MW from the Galloo Island the remaining projects add up to a total of 386.5 MW more than double the 130 MW capacity of the Jefferson County Grid system.
Link here
Wind Projects in NY State listed by County
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No transmission solution plan has been worked out that would get the power from the St. Lawrence shoreline towns to the Watertown area where the power could be integrated into the wider grid.
It would be very expensive to do, and it really wouldn't make any sense.
But this isn't about sense. It has always been about a symbiotic combination of green faith in wind for government policy makers and big money opportunity for wind developers.
In the wind power mania days of 2005, 06, 07 etc., the attitude was pretty much to not worry too much about pesky details like transmission solutions. "Let's just get these wind farms permitted and get our cash grants and tax credits flowing, and we can figure out something for how to get the power out of here. We may have to buy off some landowners in Lyme and Brownville - but we'll get it done."
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