Podcast: Building Infrastructure for Offshore Wind Power
Podcast: Building Infrastructure for Offshore Wind Power
New York is crowded and expensive, so adding transmission lines connecting offshore wind turbines to NYC electrical customers promises to be a challenge.
An electrical grid reliant on renewable power will require building new transmission, distribution, and storage capability, often in places that have layers of existing infrastructure. Nabil Hitti, the vice president of U.S. Offshore Wind for National Grid Ventures, talks about the enormous promise of offshore wind power in the New York region and the challenge of building the energy infrastructure to support it.
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