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• Panhandle to Austin: Plug us in
  Apr 25 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Kevin Welch Amarillo Globe-News, Texas
  
  About 300 people attended a committee meeting Thursday where the message to Austin was to plug the Panhandle in.
  
  
• Texas Study: Benefits of Wind Transmission Outweigh Costs
  Apr 11, 2008 - Michael Goggin - AWEA - renewableenergyworld.com
  
  A long-awaited study identifying the transmission infrastructure needed to link wind-rich areas in western Texas with population centers in the central and eastern parts of the state concludes that such transmission could be built at modest cost to ratepayers.
  
  
• NYISO Wind Forecasts to Help Green the Grid
  Apr 3, 2008 - Business Wire
  
  The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) will incorporate a centralized wind forecasting system to better accommodate wind power in New York's bulk electricity grid.
  
  
• Texas ratepayers' price tag for new wind-power lines in billions
  Apr 3, 2008 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - R.A. Dyer Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas
  
  Texas ratepayers could be on the hook for $3 billion to $6.4 billion to build new transmission lines so wind-power turbines can connect to the state power grid, according to preliminary estimates released Wednesday.
  
  
• EU's Piebalgs says grid infrastructure needed quickly for offshore wind energy
  Mar 31, 2008 - Thomson Financial News
  
  BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - EU energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs said a maritime grid infrastructure must be developed quickly for the development of offshore wind energy.
  
  
• ABB to Create Transmission Link Between Offshore Wind Farm and German Grid
  Mar 24, 2008 - Datamonitor
  
  Swiss automation and power engineering major ABB will provide the technology to link what is claimed to be the world's largest offshore wind farm to the German power grid, in a contract valued at more than $400 million.
  
  
• Gridlock on electric 'highways' could stymie renewable generation
  Mar 10, 2008 - Norma Love - The Associated Press
  
  Northern New England is turning to the sun, wind and waste wood for clean, renewable power, but there's a serious problem: the threat of gridlock on electricity "highways."
  
  
• Southern California Edison Starts Construction on the Nation's Largest Wind Transmission Project
  Mar 07, 2008 - Business Wire
  
  In the most recent demonstration of its national leadership role in renewable and alternative energy, Southern California Edison (SCE) has begun construction of the largest wind transmission project in the United States.
  
  
• Integration of Renewable Resources
  Nov 2007 - The California Independent System Operator Corporation (California ISO
  
  Transmission and operating issues and recommendations for integrating renewable resources on the California ISO-controlled Grid.
  
  
• New Study on Integrating Wind into the Power Grid
  May 26, 2005 renewableenergyaccess.com

  How wind impacts the operating costs of the non-wind portion of a power system is the focus of a recently released assessment on integrating wind generation into utility power systems. The Utility Wind Integration Group (UWIG) introduced the document's findings that design and operation are essential at the IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference in Dallas.
  
  

• New Sandia control method opens doors for more photovoltaic systems being safely linked to electric grid
  Sep 26, 2000 - Sandia
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A new way to safely, simply and effectively connect electricity-producing photovoltaic (PV) solar systems to utility company power grids has been developed by the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories. Already several manufacturers have adapted it into their systems.

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