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The United States possesses some of the best renewable energy resources in the world, according to Grain Belt Express Clean Line Energy Partners, who are proposing a new transmission line from Spearville, Kan., to St. Louis, Mo. Bolstered by these resources, the advancement of renewable energy technologies, and the need for cleaner energy, the U.S. is moving toward a clean energy economy. However, continued growth of renewable energy in the U.S., faces a serious challenge: the lack of transmission.
According to Grain Belt Express, “The existing transmission system was created primarily as a result of local utility planning, to connect population centers with nearby fossil fuel power plants. It is now insufficient to meet the demands of our new energy economy. We need long-haul transmission lines to move America’s vast renewable resources to market. Solving the transmission riddle requires a sound economic model, the right technology and an exceptional development effort, which successfully enlists the support of communities, landowners and state and local officials.”
Clean Line is developing high-voltage direct current transmission lines, that will deliver thousands of megawatts of renewable energy from the windiest areas of the United States, to communities and cities that have a strong demand for clean, reliable energy. Clean Line will sell transmission capacity to renewable energy generators and to the buyers of the power from these wind energy projects. Clean Line’s independence from existing, or planned generation, and from load-serving utilities, permits a single-minded focus on meeting the needs of the project’s stakeholders through a development effort. Clean Line values stakeholder input and involvement, and strives to establish and maintain close working relationships with landowners, communities, state and local government officials, customers and suppliers.
The projected transmission line stretching across Kansas will only give access at Spearville, and the development of wind farms far removed from that area, will need additional transmission lines to get their product online at that point.
Although the proposed transmission line will provide little or no benefit to Pratt County, Grain Belt Express will be holding meetings across the state. Meetings will be held in Greensburg (May 16), Hutchison (May 17), Anthony (May 18), Wellington (May 18), El Dorado (May 19), Howard (May 19), and Pratt (May 17 at 8:00 a.m. at the Senior Citizen Center
The United States possesses some of the best renewable energy resources in the world, according to Grain Belt Express Clean Line Energy Partners, who are proposing a new transmission line from Spearville, Kan., to St. Louis, Mo. Bolstered by these resources, the advancement of renewable energy technologies, and the need for cleaner energy, the U.S. is moving toward a clean energy economy. However, continued growth of renewable energy in the U.S., faces a serious challenge: the lack of transmission.
According to Grain Belt Express, “The existing transmission system was created primarily as a result of local utility planning, to connect population centers with nearby fossil fuel power plants. It is now insufficient to meet the demands of our new energy economy. We need long-haul transmission lines to move America’s vast renewable resources to market. Solving the transmission riddle requires a sound economic model, the right technology and an exceptional development effort, which successfully enlists the support of communities, landowners and state and local officials.”
Clean Line is developing high-voltage direct current transmission lines, that will deliver thousands of megawatts of renewable energy from the windiest areas of the United States, to communities and cities that have a strong demand for clean, reliable energy. Clean Line will sell transmission capacity to renewable energy generators and to the buyers of the power from these wind energy projects. Clean Line’s independence from existing, or planned generation, and from load-serving utilities, permits a single-minded focus on meeting the needs of the project’s stakeholders through a development effort. Clean Line values stakeholder input and involvement, and strives to establish and maintain close working relationships with landowners, communities, state and local government officials, customers and suppliers.
The projected transmission line stretching across Kansas will only give access at Spearville, and the development of wind farms far removed from that area, will need additional transmission lines to get their product online at that point.
Although the proposed transmission line will provide little or no benefit to Pratt County, Grain Belt Express will be holding meetings across the state. Meetings will be held in Greensburg (May 16), Hutchison (May 17), Anthony (May 18), Wellington (May 18), El Dorado (May 19), Howard (May 19), and Pratt (May 17 at 8:00 a.m. at the Senior Citizen Center
