homeWelcome, sign in or click here to subscribe.login
     


 

 

Architecture & Engineering


Subscriber content preview

November 18, 2009

Power lines, stations need to expand to handle wind energy

  • Across the American West, about 10,000 miles of new high-voltage lines are being considered in the next 10 years.
    • By MATTHEW PREUSCH
    The Oregonian

    PORTLAND — The rows of white turbines spinning over wheat fields and ridgelines in eastern Oregon are ample evidence that renewable energy from wind is real and growing.

    New lines proposed
    Here is a list of some lines under consideration:

    • Idaho Power: Roughly 300-mile line from Boardman to Hemingway, Idaho.

    • Portland General Electric: 200-mile line from near Boardman to Salem.

    • Pacific Gas and Electric, Avista Utilities and British Columbia Transmission Corp.: 1,000-mile line from Northern California to southeastern British Columbia.

    • PacifiCorp: Roughly 30-mile line from to Wallula, Wash., to McNary; 375-mile line from Hemingway, Idaho, to near Klamath Falls.

    • TransCanada: 970-mile line from central Alberta to near Columbia River Gorge.

    • Bonneville Power Administration: Nine projects totaling about 225 miles of lines.


     
    . . .


    To read this story in full login or purchase a subscription.



    
    Email or user name:
    Password:
     
    Forgot password? Click here.