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South Dakota Wind Farm Puts Smart Grid Technology to Work to Yield a Greater Harvest
August 16th, 2009
Homes and businesses receiving power from Basin Electric Power Cooperative's South Dakota wind farm, scheduled to begin operation in 2010, will benefit from smart grid technologies on the farm's 101 GE wind turbines. Prolec GE's high efficiency amorphous transformers will reduce losses as electricity moves through the wind farm's transformers, so that every spin of the turbine blade delivers more energy to consumers. In addition to maximizing productivity of the electrical network, smart grid technologies also help improve productivity of renewable energy generation, making investments in green technology more attractive to developers. "Achieving maximum...
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Source: VerticalNews (2009-08-16)
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