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Potential US wind grid
Before wind power can feed 20 percent of America's energy diet, new high-voltage wires will need to connect turbines to cities. After mapping which areas of the country have both strong wind speeds and little human development, Ohio-based American Electric Power developed one possible plan for future power lines included in a US Department of Energy report on wind last year.
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