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Oct. 15, 2010
A Highway for Wind Power
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| Google, Good Energy, and other investors are throwing financial support behind an idea to build a multi-billion-dollar power distribution line for offshore wind farm projects. The company called it "a superhighway for clean energy," collecting power from offshore wind farms and injecting it into the national power distribution network at its strongest, highest capacity parts. We'll find out more. |
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Willett Kempton
Director, Center for Carbon-free Power Integration
Professor, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
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