The U.S. offshore wind industry is booming, but energy experts are worried that integrating the new energy source into a painfully aged power grid may pose a larger challenge than previously thought, reports E&E News.
Lack of proper transmission has increasingly hindered the ability of power regulators to deliver energy from sources of high production to sources of high demand, such as during the Texas Winter Storm, when much needed electricity existed but could not be delivered.
Now, energy experts discuss the possibility of the “macrogrid” plan moving forward.