Pattern Energy Group is planning to build a transmission line to carry wind power from Texas to population centers in the Southeast, as far away as Atlanta, Georgia, according to a Reuters report.
Texas is the No. 1 state for wind power production but development of new wind farms is slowing down nationwide due to economic factors and a lack of federal support for renewable energy.
But Pattern Energy believes an outlet for sending wind energy east could help Texas achieve its goal of doubling wind power capacity to 18,000 MW by 2013.
The ‘Souther Cross’ transmission line is expected to cost more than $1 billion. It would consits of high-voltage, direct current transmission from east Texas to northeastern Mississippi, where three alternating currenlt lines would then disperse the power to 10 states in the South.
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