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Xcel Energy cut the size of the Crown Ridge II wind farm in South Dakota by one-third because of a growing problem on the Midwest's electricity grid: too much traffic.
As more renewable energy is linked to the grid, transmission capacity is being strained. New projects are facing increasing costs - and longer waits - in connecting to the grid. Some, like Crown Ridge II, get downsized; others get canceled altogether.
"The grid is full today," said Michael Lamb, Minneapolis-based Xcel's senior vice president for transmission.
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