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Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a Federal agency marketing and transmitting electricity power to northwest area in the US. BPA invests on research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects to create and deliver the best value for the customers. In order to identify and support the valuable RD&D projects, BPA develops technology roadmaps in several core technology areas. The transmission technology roadmap represents the synthesis of expert opinion and technical knowledge of 80 experts across a variety of disciplines in BPA including transmission operations, planning, facility design and maintenance. It marks the beginning of an ongoing process to support decisions about RD&D investments in the northwest area of US. It provides a strategic framework to guide transmission RD&D efforts based on targets and time-based milestones. It addresses the technological challenges as well as long-term needs. This paper presents the technological needs identified for the transmission business of BPA.
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Challenge for the Northwest: Protecting and managing an increasingly congested transmission system (2006) White Paper, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, DOE/BP-3705
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Daim, T., Bennet, S., Kim, J. (2013). Transmission Technology Assessment and Roadmapping. In: Daim, T., Oliver, T., Kim, J. (eds) Research and Technology Management in the Electricity Industry. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5097-8_7
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