Climate Changed
Missouri Nixes $2.5 Billion Line to Bring Wind Power to the Midwest
- Missouri rejected project because not all counties assented
- Clean Line Energy developing $9 billion in transmission lines
Wind turbines in Hays, Kansas, on June 29, 2017.
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A proposed $2.5 billion transmission line to bring cheap Kansas wind power to the Midwest was rejected by Missouri, which said the project failed to get all needed county approvals.
Clean Line Energy Partners LLC’s Grain Belt Express project is intended to transport about 4,000 megawatts of wind power from western Kansas to Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and neighboring states. The rationale: while untapped wind howling across Oklahoma and Kansas could generate more electricity than a dozen nuclear plants, it’s captive without a shipping route.