Moving Wind Energy to Consumers

The map of the United States shows where wind resources and transmission lines are located. You can view a larger image of the map or you can view individual state maps.

NREL's Wind Systems Integration staff collaborates with electric-utility industry partners and provides data, analysis, and techniques aimed at increasing utility understanding of integration issues and confidence in the reliability of new wind turbine products.

For wind energy to play a role in supplying the nation's energy needs, integrating wind energy into the power grid of the United States is an important issue to address. Large amounts of wind energy are located in areas of the United States without transmission lines to the power grid, and the natural variability of the wind resource raises concerns about how wind can be integrated into the existing transmission system. NREL researchers look at improving the use of the existing transmission system and expanding the power grid to deliver energy from windfarms to customers to support increasing the penetration of wind energy throughout the country.

	NREL Systems Integration Research Operational Impacts and Integration Studies Wind Plant Modeling and Interconnection Transmission Planning and Analysis Wind Resource Assessment and Forecasting

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