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Google-backed Wind Power Line Clears Hurdle

From 2012. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that a proposed Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) line has passed its first regulatory hurdle.  The $5 billion transmission line to send power from wind farms off the East Coast is allowed. The $5 billion transmission line to send power from wind farms off the East Coast is allowed. The Google Renewable Power project to move to the next step in the approval process, officials said. The AWC, which would transport up to 7,000 megawatts of power, is also backed by a private company called Good Energies, and Japan’s Marubeni Corp.

The project faced regional and federal regulatory hurdles. Backers hoped to clear within two years so it can finalize financial agreements and start transmitting power by the end of 2017. Google is investing 37.5% of the equity in this initial development stage, with the goal of obtaining all the necessary approvals to finance and begin constructing the line. When completed, the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) backbone will stretch 350 miles off the coast from New Jersey to Virginia and will be able to connect 6,000MW of offshore wind turbines. That’s equivalent to 60% of the wind energy that was installed in the entire country last year and enough to serve approximately 1.9 million households.

Sources

Google –  The wind cries transmission

Chicago TribuneGoogle-backed wind power line clears hurdle.

Malcom Mott

Malcom Mott is our junior editor and contibrutes outside publications to various sites at Thumbwind Publications. He is also editor at AITrueReview.

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