Comments on: Texas Still Tops in Wind Power, Iowa Takes No. 2 Spot http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/14/texas-still-tops-in-wind-power-iowa-takes-no-2-spot/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: San Antonio Gets the Scoop on First Commercial Biogas from Municipal Sewage – CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/14/texas-still-tops-in-wind-power-iowa-takes-no-2-spot/#comment-39366 San Antonio Gets the Scoop on First Commercial Biogas from Municipal Sewage – CleanTechnica Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:11:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2485#comment-39366 [...] into a new energy future. While the state is  most closely associated with oil, it has also been an early pioneer of wind power, and is beginning to embrace solar energy along with armloads of new green jobs. Now the San [...] [...] into a new energy future. While the state is  most closely associated with oil, it has also been an early pioneer of wind power, and is beginning to embrace solar energy along with armloads of new green jobs. Now the San [...]

]]> By: Dave Tyler http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/14/texas-still-tops-in-wind-power-iowa-takes-no-2-spot/#comment-5650 Dave Tyler Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:12:07 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2485#comment-5650 Hi Jason, you raise a good point. This piece below (also embedded in the post) looks at some of the efforts to address the transmission question. http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/10/coming-soon-to-major-city-centers-the-green-power-express/#more-2139 Hi Jason, you raise a good point. This piece below (also embedded in the post) looks at some of the efforts to address the transmission question.

http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/10/coming-soon-to-major-city-centers-the-green-power-express/#more-2139

]]> By: Jason http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/14/texas-still-tops-in-wind-power-iowa-takes-no-2-spot/#comment-5649 Jason Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:44:45 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2485#comment-5649 The problem with Texas being the top on the Wind Energy charts is that while Texas has a huge amount of potential generation, there are not enough high capacity power lines to take the energy from the wind farms in west Texas to the rest of the state. Looking over plans for expansion over the near future doesn't look too good for getting enough powerlines to cover any possible expansion of the major wind farms either. What I'm trying to say is that while they may have the most windmills, most of them are doing nothing since their power grid doesn't allow for the transmission of their generated power to the rest of the state. I would be curious to see who is ACTUALLY generating the most wind power by state in MW/h. Good article though and I like your site. The problem with Texas being the top on the Wind Energy charts is that while Texas has a huge amount of potential generation, there are not enough high capacity power lines to take the energy from the wind farms in west Texas to the rest of the state. Looking over plans for expansion over the near future doesn’t look too good for getting enough powerlines to cover any possible expansion of the major wind farms either. What I’m trying to say is that while they may have the most windmills, most of them are doing nothing since their power grid doesn’t allow for the transmission of their generated power to the rest of the state. I would be curious to see who is ACTUALLY generating the most wind power by state in MW/h. Good article though and I like your site.

]]> By: Jason http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/14/texas-still-tops-in-wind-power-iowa-takes-no-2-spot/#comment-22668 Jason Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:44:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2485#comment-22668 The problem with Texas being the top on the Wind Energy charts is that while Texas has a huge amount of potential generation, there are not enough high capacity power lines to take the energy from the wind farms in west Texas to the rest of the state. Looking over plans for expansion over the near future doesn't look too good for getting enough powerlines to cover any possible expansion of the major wind farms either. What I'm trying to say is that while they may have the most windmills, most of them are doing nothing since their power grid doesn't allow for the transmission of their generated power to the rest of the state. I would be curious to see who is ACTUALLY generating the most wind power by state in MW/h. Good article though and I like your site. The problem with Texas being the top on the Wind Energy charts is that while Texas has a huge amount of potential generation, there are not enough high capacity power lines to take the energy from the wind farms in west Texas to the rest of the state. Looking over plans for expansion over the near future doesn’t look too good for getting enough powerlines to cover any possible expansion of the major wind farms either. What I’m trying to say is that while they may have the most windmills, most of them are doing nothing since their power grid doesn’t allow for the transmission of their generated power to the rest of the state. I would be curious to see who is ACTUALLY generating the most wind power by state in MW/h. Good article though and I like your site.

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