According to Breitbart Harry Reid is proposing a bill to develop more power lines to bring green power to end users. Reid admits that this would also benefit his home state of Nevada which is planning to install massive solar projects.
More details are needed on this, but it is Energy 101 that siting renewable energy facilities far from demand centers is actually pretty wasteful. Case in point: North Dakota - with the highest wind capacity in the country, or even Picken's project in Texas. Energy is lost transporting the output to market.
I am attending a smart grid seminar at MIT today, so I should be able to get an update on this topic soon.
Friday, March 6, 2009
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