Wind Power

New Developments

Morocco

Figure 1: Tarfaya wind farm, Morocco, February 2019. [Anass Sedrati]

A new 3.6 GW HVDC line is proposed from Morocco to England. The underwater cables will deliver renewable electricity, including wind power from Tarfaya.

Wyoming

A large 2 GW wind farm is being developed south of Rawlings and Sinclair, in Carbon County, Wyoming. The area has regular high wind during the day time when electricity is needed on the Western US electric grid.

Figure 2: Cattle braving daytime wind during winter in Carbon County, Wyoming. [Onste82]

Wind power from the project will be delivered by a new 3 GW HVDC power line, called the Trans West Express (TWE).

Figure 3: Ceremonial groundbreaking in Wyoming for the Trans West Express power line, June 2023. From left: Bill Miller, TransWest CEO; Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Secretary of Energy; Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary of the Interior; Mark Gordon, Governor of Wyoming; and Roxane Perruso, TransWest COO. [TWE]

Iowa

Figure 4: Typical wind turbines in Iowa. [Onste82]

Cardinal-Hickory is a 165 km 345 kV AC transmission line that will deliver wind power from Iowa to Wisconsin and the Midwest.

Figure 5: Stringing wire on the 345 kV Cardinal-HickoryCreek line. [CardinalHickory]

Pattern Transmission Project

An HVDC transmission line is proposed to send windpower electricity from Texas to Louisiana and Mississippi, at lower cost than producing electricity from existing power plants in those states.

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