wiredinUSA May 2015

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Wind developments in Tennessee

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is planning to carry wind energy from Oklahoma and Texas to the Tennessee Valley via a 700-mile 4,000MW transmission line. The developer has spent six years in planning and seeking regulatory approval for the $2 billion project, now expected to take a further three or four years to gain approval and construction. TVA’s draft integrated resource plan for the next 20 years states that under most scenarios TVA would benefit by importing 1,750MW of wind power from Texas and Oklahoma, half of the power that

Clean Line Energy LLC wants to bring to the Tennessee Valley. Prospective wind power generators in Texas and Oklahoma have offered over 15,000MW of electricity generation for Clean Line Energy. “The wind industry has gotten quite mature and is better able to capture wind power to maximize energy output,” said a TVA spokesman. “We think in today’s market we can do that for under five cents per kilowatt hour, which we think will be the cheapest renewable you can get and a very interesting option for TVA.”

wiredInUSA - May 2015

wiredInUSA - May 2015

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