64% of US States Could Supply 100% of Their Own Power From Renewable Energy, New Rules Project Shows
Sales potential (if only we had transmission) How expensive a resource is depends partly on whether there is the potential for sales to other states. In the case of wind power this is striking. However, there is no way to ship that wind as yet. The study does not go into potential, but only current in-state resources, and since transmission hampers wind getting out of state, it only counts what is currently available to each state.
Transmission. Recently we at least got the central superstation to make the connection to a high powered grid at Tres Amigas in New Mexico, the first step to building a national grid – but we don’t have the transmission to and from it to really ship all the wind out to where it needs to get to. We still just have a disorganized 19th century mess of tiny grids all over the country.
Other than selling out of state, here are the comparative costs:
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