Giant Wind Power Transmission Project Could Spark New Wind Rush In Wind Belt

Wow, anybody remember the Grain Belt Express? No? No wonder! The massive 700-mile wind power transmission project in the US Midwest has been on the boards since at least 2011. It got off to a promising start but suffered death by a thousand cuts when state officials in Missouri balked.

Well, it looks like the naysayers forgot to cut off its head or at least sever the spinal cord, because the Grain Belt Express could come back to walk the Earth once more.
The Grain Belt Express is one in a group of ambitious wind power transmission projects under the umbrella of the company Clean Line Energy.
Clean Line’s business model looked simple enough. Harvest low cost renewable energy from prime wind-producing states in the Midwest “wind belt” and shuttle it over to high-population states to the east.
CleanTechnica took note of the project’s legal status back in 2016:

…The ambitious project is designed to link Kansas wind farms with Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and other points east, but it hit a brick wall last summer when property owners in Missouri objected. Ever since then, Clean Line has been prepping for Round 2, and it is bringing some heavy artillery with it for the next go-around.

The good news for fans of renewable energy is that last summer, the Missouri Supreme Court decided in favor of Clean Line...MORE