Giving the Power Grid Some Backbone
A stiff wind blows year-round in North Dakota. In Arizona the sun beats down virtually every day. The U.S. has vast quantities of renewable electricity sources waiting to be tapped in these regions, but what it does not have there are power lines—big power lines that can carry the bountiful energy to distant cities and industries where it is needed. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Perhaps part of the solution is to ape the Aluminum smelting industry and to site plants where the energy exists and transport the raw materials to the plant. Big chunks of desert should also be fairly low cost realestate.