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    Wednesday, October 24, 2007

    NEEDED IN U.S.: TRANSMISSION

    The intermittency of renewable sources remains a factor in designing new transmission. Not a problem, a factor. Grids deal with fluctuations of demand all day long by continuous management of supply input. Renewables’ intermittency requires planning, capability and programming to accommodate higher levels.

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    Poles and wires still needed to transmit renewable energy
    Rick Sergel, October 17, 2007 (Asbury Park Press)

    WHO
    North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NAERC) (Rick Sergel (president/CEO); U.S. Department of Energy (DOE); New Jersey Board of Public Utilities;

    Their are sections of the grid in the East and Midwest where overload is a regular threat. (click to enlarge)

    WHAT
    Poles and lines are necessary to transmit old and New Energy. Obstacles to building them are many and difficult.

    WHEN
    - 2003: A blackout caused by a single local failure cut power to 50 million northeasterners in 7 states and a Canadian province.
    - 2007 Long-Term Reliability Assessment: Demand is growing TWICE AS FAST as capacity to generate and transmit it.

    WHERE
    New Jersey and more than 20 other states have passed Renewable Electricity Standards mandating a specified portion of electricity be obtained from renewable sources.

    WHY
    - NAERC is the organization responsible for developing/enforcing mandatory electric reliability standards.
    - Current transmission infrastructure can barely handle the peak demands it now regularly confronts yet must be improved to handle the new opportunities available from renewable electricity sources.
    - New wires must be strung to renewable sources typically far from highly populated centers of demand and load (use).
    - New Jersey’s utility board’s recently approved 70-turbine offshore wind installation is an example: it cannot simply be plugged into NJ’s grid though the 2003 blackout proved the power is required.
    - New transmission requires transit through many back yards. Everybody is connected. The system is only as strong as its weakest link.
    - More transmission = more flexibility, more redundancy, more reliability, less bottlenecks, lower costs.

    Multiple sources of wind energy smoothes out peak load stresses on the grid -- if there are wires and poles to get the wind to the grid. (click to enlarge)

    QUOTES
    - Sergel: “If you support renewables like wind and solar, you must also support the power lines needed to connect them to the grid. You can't have one without the other.”
    - Sergel: “NIMBY (Not in My Back Yard) has morphed into NIMS: Not in My State.”
    - Sergel: “It's important to get this right from the start, by saying "yes" to transmission as well as to renewables.”

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