Projects Will Cement Region’s Lead in Renewable Energy
A new power-transmission project on the Texas-New Mexico border will facilitate movement of power throughout the U.S. from booming alternative-energy developments in the Southwest. One of those developments, a 600-MW Texas wind farm, will be built with funds and equipment from China. The announcements last month of the two projects strengthens the region’s position as a leader in renewable energy and highlights China’s growing U.S. investment.
The Tres Amigas SuperStation in Clovis, N.M., will link the Texas Interconnection to the nation’s other two electrical grids, the Eastern and Western interconnections. With few connections between them, the isolation of the grids has become a major obstacle to transmitting wind and solar power across the country. Tres Amigas would allow power to be bought, sold and moved among the three sister grids.