UNITED STATES: Barriers to wind power growth are steep

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  • Increasing role for renewables
  • 'Smoothing' challenges
  • Renewables integration
  • Wind resources
  • Near-shore options
  • Land ('windbelt')
  • Operational challenges
  • Infrastructure needs
  • Transmission facilities
  • Facilities between interconnections
  • Facilities within interconnections
  • Baseload generation and reactive power
  • Policy implications

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