Advanced Renewable Tariffs for Wisconsin Analysis and Case Study
"Advanced Renewable Tariffs for Wisconsin: Analysis and Case Study" was prepared by the University of Wisconsin Madison Energy Analysis & Policy Certificate Capstone Project.
Distributed Generation
Minnesota Transmisson Study Suggests Grid Upgrades for Renewable Energy
A new study released by the Minnesota Office of Energy Security shows that the state's power grid could accomodate 600 megawatts of new renewable energy capacity by making upgrades to electric transmission systems. A previous study had shown that another 600 MW could be added to the existing tranmission grid without impacting it's performance.
Green Power Express
ITC Holdings Corp. has worked to develop the Green Power Express, a network of transmission lines that would facilitate the movement of 12,000 MW of power from the wind-abundant areas in the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa to Midwest load centers, such as Chicago, southeastern Wisconsin, Minneapolis and other states that demand clean, renewable energy.
Department of Energy: Distributed Energy Program - Wind
http://www.eere.energy.gov/de/wind_power.html
Basic information about distributed wind integration and technology and current research that is ongoing to help wind become even more competitive.
Distributed Generation Tariff Development
http://www.newrules.org/dgtariff/
The Minnesota state legislature, recognizing that distributed generation will play an integral roll in our energy future required that a standardized set of rules, procedures, and technical criteria for interconnection of distributed generation within the state. To find out more about the ongoing process visit the site listed above which has links to distributed generation rule making and resource planning in other states as well.
UWIG Distributed Wind Impacts Project
http://www.uwig.org/distwind/default.htm
The Utility Wind Integration Group has developed online tools to aid distribution planning engineers in determining the technical impacts of commercial scale wind turbines that are connected to distribution feeders on power quality, fault current and line loading.
Community Based Energy Development Transmission Study: West Central (Minnesota) Transmission Planning Zone
Distributed Generation
Perspectives on an NWCC/NREL Assessment of Distributed Wind
Perspectives on an NWCC/NREL Assessment of Distributed Wind offers a summary analysis of distributed wind generation in Europe and what lessons the European system offers for distributed generation in the U.S. The paper discusses many of the issues and benefits related to distributed wind generation.
Grid
A network of power lines or pipelines used to move energy from its source to consumers.
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