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Die Bestimmungen und Voraussetzungen können sich zwischen den Staaten stark
unterscheiden, weshalb eine genaue Prüfung der Regularien in den jeweiligen Staaten
besonders wichtig ist. Nachfolgend sind einzelne wichtige Richtlinien mit deren
englischen Beschreibungen für Windenergie dargestellt. Alle Texte sind der Website der
American Wind Energy Association entnommen. Für ausführlichre Informationen sehen
sie bitte auch www.awea.org. Im Anhang A finden sich die Richtlinien der einzelnen
Bundesstaaten.
ILLINOIS
Interconnection Laws
In August 2007, Illinois enacted legislation (S.B. 680) requiring the Illinois Corporation
Commission (ICC) to establish standards for net metering and interconnection for
renewable energy systems by April 1, 2008. Although S.B. 680 only requires the
promulgation of interconnection standards for "eligible renewable generating
equipment," the ICC chose to take this opportunity to develop standards for all
distributed generation up to 10 megawatts (MW). Final interconnection standards were
adopted by the ICC in August 2008.
The interconnection rules set four levels of review for interconnection requests. A project
must meet all of the requirements of a given classification in order to be eligible for that
level of expedited review. The level of review required is generally based on system
capacity, whether system components are certified by a nationally recognized testing
laboratory (NRTL), and whether the system is connected to a radial distribution circuit or
to an area network. The basic definitions* for each tier are as follows:
Tier 1: Certified, inverter-based systems with a capacity rating of 10 kilowatts
(kW) or less.
Tier 2: Certified systems with a capacity rating of 2 MW or less, connected to a
radial distribution network or a spot network serving one customer.
Tier 3: Certified systems with a capacity rating of 50 kW or less connected to an
area network and from which power will not be exported; or certified, non-powerexporting
systems with a capacity rating of 10 MW or less connected to a radial
distribution network.
Tier 4: Systems with a capacity of 10 MW or less that do not meet the criteria for
inclusion in a lower tier, including all systems using non-certified components and
those that require additional construction by the utility in order acommodate the
facility.
The ICC adopted IEEE 1547 as the technical standard of evaluation in July 2007.
Systems are considered to be lab-certified if the components have been evaluated as
compliant with UL 1741 and the 2008 National Electric Code (NEC) according to the
testing protocols of IEEE 1547. The rules also specify the technical screens which may
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