Adding electricity from the wind and the sun could increase the frequency of blackouts and reduce the reliability of the nation’s electrical grid, an industry report says.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation says in a report scheduled for release Monday that unless appropriate measures are taken to improve transmission of electricity, rules reducing carbon dioxide emissions by utilities could impair the reliability of the power grid. Via Dot Earth.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Posted by Gerry Canavan at 12:43 PM
Labels: carbon, ecology, energy, Green Recovery, infrastructure, solar power, wind power
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