Grain Belt power line approved
Missouri, USA: A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday gave approval to the state's portion of a controversial wind power transmission line that would provide energy from the Midwest to a power grid for eastern states.
Missouri, USA: A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday gave approval to the state’s portion of a controversial wind power transmission line that would provide energy from the Midwest to a power grid for eastern states.
The $2.3 B high voltage line would be one of the nation’s largest wind energy projects, carrying electricity generated by Kansas windmills 1,255 km (780 miles) across rural Missouri and Illinois before hooking into a power grid in Indiana serving eastern states.
The project is expected to cross the property of 570 Missouri landowners across more than 320 km (200 miles) and eight northern counties.
The commission initially rejected the proposal in 2015, but the owners reapplied after persuading nearly 40 municipal utilities in Missouri to buy power generated by the project, which could save an estimated $12.8 M each year for 20 years.
Source: Journal Review