policy paper
Building the 21st Century Transmission Super Grid: Technical and Political Challenges for Large Scale Renewable Electricity Production in the U.S.
April 2009
Plans to increase the penetration of renewable electrical generation into the United States face a number of challenges. The country needs a super-grid which overlays the existing high voltage transmission system, connecting the country from coast to coast and allowing thousands of MW to be transferred over hundreds of miles. A single authority, in this case federal, needs to assert overall control of transmission line siting in the United States.
