Maple Ridge windfarm photo: David Laribee

The problem of the United States’ electrical transmission capacity not be ready for a renewable energy big push, in particular the large-scale wind farms planned for the Great Plains, is a subject coming increasingly into the spotlight. The main issue is that the areas with greatest wind capacity are far away from the population centers most in need of the energy.

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