Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The U.S. Could Get 20% of Power From Solar Sited Beneath Transmission Lines

The U.S. Could Get 20% of Power From Solar Sited Beneath Transmission Lines: pby John Farrell What if the U.S. could get 20 percent of its power from solar near transmission lines without covering virgin desert? It could. Transmission right-of-way corridors, vast swaths of vegetation-free landscape to protect high-voltage power lines, could provide enough space for over 600,000 megawatts of solar PV.  These arrays could provide enough electricity [...]/p

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