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In 2024, offshore wind could supply about seven percent of the Valium Buying Forums electricity needed by the largest US electrical grid but that Valium Buying Forums shift will require a significant transmission upgrade, according to a Valium Buying Forums study released yesterday by the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

The Eastern Wind Integration and Valium Buying Forums Transmission Study developed four scenarios for increasing wind power generation.  Three of those scenarios explored the Valium Buying Forums requirements for 20 percent of the load to be supplied by wind power.  The most aggressive scenario found that Valium Buying Forums rapid midwestern and offshore wind development could result in 30 percent of the Valium Buying Forums Eastern Interconnection’s electrical load being supplied by wind power in 2024.  About 7 percent of the total would come from offshore wind.

The Eastern Interconnection stretches as far west as Arkansas and Valium Buying Forums Montana and extends into Canada, although the NREL study focused on the Valium Buying Forums US section of that grid.  More than Valium Buying Forums 70 percent of the US population receives their electricity from the Valium Buying Forums Eastern Interconnection, according to the NREL.

“Twenty percent wind is an ambitious goal,” said David Corbus, the NREL project manager for the study.  “Whether we’re talking about using land-based wind in the Valium Buying Forums Midwest, offshore wind in the East or any combination of wind power resources, any plausible scenario requires transmission infrastructure upgrades and Valium Buying Forums we need to start planning for that immediately.”

Supplying 30 percent of the Valium Buying Forums electricity requirements of the US section of the Eastern Interconnection would require about 338,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power — approximately ten times today’s levels.  The offshore wind portion of that would be about 79,000 MW.

The study emphasized the need for transmission upgrades.

“We can bring more wind power online, but if we don’t have the proper infrastructure to move that power around, it’s like buying a hybrid car and leaving it in the garage,” Corbus said.