Transmitting Renewable Energy to the Grid : The Case of Texas

Madrigal, Marcelino; Jordan, Rhonda Lenai

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Transmitting Renewable Energy to the Grid : The Case of Texas

dc.contributor.author	Madrigal, Marcelino
dc.contributor.author	Jordan, Rhonda Lenai
dc.date.accessioned	2014-02-25T15:47:56Z
dc.date.available	2014-02-25T15:47:56Z
dc.date.issued	2014-02-24
dc.description.abstract	The note is based on original work by Marcelino Madrigal and Steven Stoft, "Transmission Expansion for Renewable Energy Scale-Up: Emerging Lessons and Recommendations". Texas leads the United States with 9,528 MW of installed wind power capacity, a level exceeded by only four countries. The state needed more infrastructure to transmit electricity generated from renewable sources, but the regulator could not approve transmission expansion projects in the absence of financially committed generators. To solve the problem, Texas devised a planning process that quickly connects energy systems to the transmission system. The system is based on the designation of competitive renewable energy zones.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17142
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Live Wire, 2014/4
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	approach
dc.subject	availability
dc.subject	biomass
dc.subject	BOTTOM LINE
dc.subject	capacity expansion
dc.subject	coal
dc.subject	congestion
dc.subject	electric grid
dc.subject	electricity
dc.subject	energy generation
dc.subject	energy mix
dc.subject	energy resource
dc.subject	energy systems
dc.subject	energy technologies
dc.subject	energy utilities
dc.subject	environmental benefits
dc.subject	environmental impacts
dc.subject	fuel
dc.subject	generating capacity
dc.subject	natural gas
dc.subject	nonrenewable resources
dc.subject	petroleum
dc.subject	renewable energy
dc.subject	renewable energy generation
dc.subject	renewable energy program
dc.subject	renewable generation
dc.subject	renewable portfolio standard
dc.subject	renewable resources
dc.subject	renewable sources
dc.subject	renewables
dc.subject	transmission capacity
dc.subject	transmission facilities
dc.subject	transmission infrastructure
dc.subject	transmission system
dc.subject	utilities
dc.subject	wind
dc.subject	wind capacity
dc.subject	wind farms
dc.subject	wind generation
dc.subject	wind power
dc.subject	wind power capacity
dc.subject	wind sites
dc.title	Transmitting Renewable Energy to the Grid : The Case of Texas	en
dc.type	Brief	en
dc.type	Fiche	fr
dc.type	Resumen	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2014-02-24
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.globalpractice	Energy and Extractives
okr.identifier.report	85125
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.country	UNITED STATES
okr.region.geographical	North America
okr.topic	Energy :: Energy Demand
okr.topic	Energy :: Energy Production and Transportation
okr.topic	Energy :: Power & Energy Conversion
okr.topic	Energy :: Rural Energy
okr.topic	Urban Development :: Urban Environment
okr.unit	Energy Unit (SEGEN)
relation.isSeriesOfPublication	98e5571a-7cc0-440c-8455-78cc32cc387a