More Transmission Lines Needed to Expand Renewable Energy ; Energy Leaders Discuss the Challenges to Expanding the West's Electricity Transmission Grid During the 2008 Western Governors' Association Meeting. Expansion Is Necessary to Reach Location- Constrained Renewable Resources and Meet the Demands of the Region's Growing Population.

Wyoming Tribune - Eagle › July 01, 2008

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By Michelle Dynes

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More Transmission Lines Needed to Expand Renewable Energy ; Energy Leaders Discuss the Challenges to Expanding the West's Electricity Transmission Grid During the 2008 Western Governors' Association Meeting. Expansion Is Necessary to Reach Location- Constrained Renewable Resources and Meet the Demands of the Region's Growing Population.

JACKSON HOLE - Renewable energy resources are inaccessible without expanding the transmission grid.

But regulations make it a lengthy, difficult process to construct new transmissions lines....

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