Wind Powering America: The Next Steps in North Carolina

Technical Report · Sat Mar 30 04:00:00 EDT 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1083799· OSTI ID:1083799

Banks, Jennifer L. ^[1]; Scanlin, Dennis ^[2]; Quinlan, Paul ^[3]

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1. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States); North Carolina Solar Center
2. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (United States)
3. North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association, Raleigh, NC (United States)

The goal of this project is to apply the WPA’s proactive outreach strategy to the problem of educating the public about the likely transmission infrastructure developments concomitant to the significant development of wind energy resources in North Carolina. Given the lead time to develop significant new transmission infrastructure (5-10 years), it is critical to begin this outreach work today, so that wind resources can be developed to adequately meet the 20% by 2030 goal in the mid- to long-term (10-20 years). The project team planned to develop a transmission infrastructure outreach campaign for North Carolina by: (1) convening a utility interest group (UIG) of the North Carolina Wind Working Group (NC WWG) consisting of electric utilities in the state and the Southeast; and (2) expanding outreach to local and state government officials in North Carolina.

• Research Organization: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Wind Energy Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: EE0000510
• OSTI ID: 1083799
• Report Number(s): DE-EE--0000510
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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