power tie. The average elevation range at these sites is 100 to 300 ft with a maximum of 500 ft. The average road coverage is 25 miles, and land at the sites is mainly used for crops with some grazing, marsh, grass, and forest land. Figures 11 through 17 show rectenna locations in these states. The South Atlantic states are Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. They contain 16 percent of the U.S. population on 9 percent of the land and are quite densely populated. However, these states have excellent possibility for off-shore rectenna placement, and even some of the identified land sites may be moved off-shore. No rectennas could be located in the tiny states of Delaware and Maryland, but two locations are identified in North Carolina (one covers 15 miles of a U.S. highway) and two are identified in Florida. The other South Atlantic states each contain only one rectenna site due to population and transportation constraints, and the Virginia site covers two small towns. The eight rectenna sites identified displace a maximum of 0.2 percent of the region’s population or 70 000 persons and average 25 miles to the nearest existing power tie. The average elevation at these sites is 150 to 500 ft, but these averages would be lower if the site in West Virginia, which has an elevation variation of 1000 to 3000 ft, was not included. Each rectenna covers an average of 20 miles of road and the majority of impacted land is marsh and forest with some cropland and grazing land. Figures 18 through 23 show rectenna locations in these states. Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi comprise the Eastern South Central states and contain 6 percent of the U.S. population on 6 percent of the land. Two rectennas are placed in Mississippi and two in Tennessee, but one of the Tennessee sites covers three small towns. The density of small towns and transportation networks allowed only one site in Alabama, and none in Kentucky. Thus, the region contains only five rectennas, but there is some potential for sea sites. These five sites displace a maximum of 0.4 percent of the population or 54 000 persons and average 10 miles to a power tie. The average elevation variation is 300 to 700 ft, and one site in Tennessee has a maximum elevation change of 3000 ft. Each rectenna covers an average of 25 miles of road and the type of land impacted includes forest, grazing land, and cropland with some marsh. Figures 24, 25, and 26 show rectenna locations in these states. The Western South Central states are Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. These states contain 10 percent of the population on 15 percent of the land, which indicates that the region has some sparsely populated areas. Two sites are identified in each state with a maximum of 0.2 percent of the population or 34 000 persons displaced, but the two sites in Arkansas are
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