Wisconsin wind power progress stalls because of outdated grid

Wisconsin has the capacity to generate and use far more wind power than it currently is using – but it has no way to get that power to the people. According to Wind on the Wires, a coalition of wind energy advocates, “Transmission is the glass ceiling”. The American Wind Energy Association says that over 70,000 megawatts of wind energy projects are on hold in the upper Midwest because the current energy grid can’t handle the additional power. That energy could power 14 million households.

Source: PostCrescent.com Wisconsin Wind Power Progress Stalls

Sounds to me like it’s time to break out the green jobs and rebuild that transmission system, no?

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