Wind, Transmission and Integration: Policy and Politics of Renewable Energy
Type:
Non CERTs
Mar
28
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
IonE Seminar Room R380
Learning & Environmental Sciences Bldg
St. Paul Minnesota
United StatesHosted by
Institute on the Environment (IonE); IonE's Frontiers in the Environment series
Cost:
$0.00
Developing renewable energy resources in the United States also requires developing electricity transmission infrastructure. Across the country, renewable energy resources have been increasing rapidly in recent years, especially wind power. Each state and regional jurisdiction, however, has taken a different approach to connecting new wind turbines to the transmission grid and dispatching electricity from wind.
Presenter: Elizabeth Wilson, IonE Resident Fellow and Assistant Professor in the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
Wilson will explore the policies and politics underlying transmission siting and wind integration.
Clean Energy Resource Teams