Press Mention NC newsline May 12, 2024
SACE Quoted
High costs, interconnection obstacles killed a swine gas-to-electricity venture in Sampson County
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A swine waste-to-electricity project in Sampson County, North Carolina failed after ZNC Turkey Creek learned that interconnecting to Duke Energy's grid would cost $80-100 million and take at least eight years. The article examines interconnection barriers facing renewable energy projects nationwide, featuring commentary from SACE's Shelley Robbins on alternative regulatory models used in Texas and Europe that allow broader grid access with curtailment provisions.
That's to basically interconnect most everything, but subject all resources to curtailment, meaning energy producers have to adjust their outputs in order to keep the grid balanced.
Shelley Robbins
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