Abstract

GIS Generation Siting for Renewables in Transmission Planning
Track: Renewable Energy
Authors: Samuel White

As policy goals in the US focus on penetration of wind resources in the nation’s energy mix, transmission planners are being asked to create expansion plans to optimally utilize transfer capacity to ensure these resources have access to the market. This document illustrates one way in which public data sets can be analyzed using GIS software to identify zones best suited for new wind energy. This approach can then be used to optimize transmission expansion to integrate wind energy onto the grid.