Comments on: Fear of prospectors in wind country unfounded, so far

By: Line Cost

Line Cost — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:02:14 +0000

So we only need 12 billion in transmission lines to get the wind from the western MN plains.
And that line goes right next to the failed proposed coal plant. Better to get less efficient wind generation
closer to the cities like Duluth, Rochester, metro counties than spend 12,000 MW worth of wind generation
for a transmission line out there that was planned for a coal plant.

By: jonerik

jonerik — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:55:59 +0000

I heard that NSP (now Xcel Energy) bought up all the good sites years ago (at least in SW Minnesota). As usual the reform comes after the horse has been stolen from the barn.

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