Abstract
This work dispels the notion that a large amount of the good wind resources in the contiguous United States are located far from existing transmission lines. By using a geographic information system (GIS), we were able to produce estimates of windy land area and power production potential within 8, 16, and 32 kilometers (5, 10, and 20 miles) of existing 115- to 230-kV power lines. We used adigital representation of the national transmission system that originated with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and used wind resource data from previous Pacific Northwest Laboratory work that incorporate estimates of land-use and environmental exclusions.
Original language | American English |
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Pages | 295-303 |
Number of pages | 9 |
State | Published - 1995 |
Event | Windpower '95: Annual Conference and Exhibition of the American Wind Energy Association - Washington, D.C. Duration: 26 Mar 1995 → 30 Mar 1995 |
Conference
Conference | Windpower '95: Annual Conference and Exhibition of the American Wind Energy Association |
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City | Washington, D.C. |
Period | 26/03/95 → 30/03/95 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-463-7675