Wind turbines in Benton County in June. (Jamie Lynn Chevillet / Journal & Courier)
By Seth Slabaugh, Star Press
seths@muncie.gannett.com
INDIANAPOLIS -- One thing could slow down or halt the development of wind farms in Indiana, and it's not community opposition, government regulation, shortage of wind or lack of interest by developers.
Getting the electricity generated by the wind to actual customers is shaping up as the biggest obstacle, experts said at the second annual WIndiana conference this week.
Major transmission upgrades are needed to the nation's green power superhighway, which is like the interstate highway system, said John Dunlop, senior project engineer for the American Wind Energy Association. A wind farm is worthless if it lacks an entrance ramp to the grid.
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