http://cleantechnica.com/2010/05/13/the-mighty-tennessee-valley-authority-dips-a-cautious-toe-into-clean-renewable-wind-power/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2010/05/13/the-mighty-tennessee-valley-authority-dips-a-cautious-toe-into-clean-renewable-wind-power/#comment-9847 Thu, 20 May 2010 21:47:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=9762#comment-9847 It’s like one step forward And two steps back,

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2010/05/13/the-mighty-tennessee-valley-authority-dips-a-cautious-toe-into-clean-renewable-wind-power/#comment-9846 Fri, 14 May 2010 22:34:04 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=9762#comment-9846 Good point, the last thing I read about transmission loss was an estimate of almost 10% nationwide. It’s another one of those issues in which emerging new technology will come into play (here’s one example from the Brookhaven lab, http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/17/high-tech-makeover-in-store-for-nations-power-transmission-lines/).

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2010/05/13/the-mighty-tennessee-valley-authority-dips-a-cautious-toe-into-clean-renewable-wind-power/#comment-9845 Fri, 14 May 2010 14:47:37 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=9762#comment-9845 Nice plan, but i would be worried about huge transmission losses over miles and miles of powerlines. if only nature weren’t so darn limiting superconductivity would be the answer to all our problems.

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