Wind sets Southwest Power Pool grid record

By Jack Money The Oklahoman
Posted Apr 14, 2019 at 12:01 AM

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Another wind energy penetration record was set this week on the electrical grid that serves Oklahoma and much of the Great Plains.

The Southwest Power Pool announced energy generated by wind supplied about 15.3 gigawatts of 23.3 gigawatts of needed power across its 546,000-square-mile service territory at 2:08 a.m. Wednesday.

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As of this week, there was 21.5 gigawatts of installed wind capacity within the SPP’s territory available to energize the system’s 66,000 miles of high voltage lines. In 2009, just 3 gigawatts of capacity was installed.

Another 51.75 gigawatts of wind capacity currently is being developed, as well as about 24.5 gigawatts of solar power and about 4.4 gigawatts of battery storage.

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