Adding even a limited amount of electricity transmission could significantly reduce the costs of expanding wind energy to supply 35 percent of U.S. electricity 33 years from now, says a report from the Department of Energy.
The report, authored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, “affirms the findings of the Energy Department’s 2015 Wind Vision, which showed that a future in which wind provides 20 percent of U.S. electricity in 2030 and 35 percent in 2050 is achievable and would provide significant economic, energy security, and health benefits to the nation,” DOE said in a Jan. 9 news release announcing the report.
