Tapping the Power of the Great Plains to Light Up Faraway Cities
- Clean Line planning $9 billion of power lines for wind, solar
- `Transmission is the industry’s biggest long-term opportunity'
Hunting buffalo was of the highest importance for the survival of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara as all parts of the large beast would be used. Such as meat for food, the hides to make clothing and bedding and the bones and horns to make ceremonial objects and tools
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There’s enough untapped wind howling across the vast plains of Oklahoma and Kansas to generate more electricity than a dozen nuclear power plants. What’s missing are transmission lines to ship it from spinning turbines to faraway homes and businesses.