Dive Summary:
- Kansas will add more farms this year after more than doubling its wind power capacity in 2012 to reach 2,000 megawatts, and $2 billion transmission project called the Grain Belt Express could help send power out of state and to a hub in Indiana.
- The project, which is being developed by Clean Line Energy Partners Houston and received approval from the Kansas Corporation Commission in late 2011, could result in Kansas wind power heading to customers in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, The Wichita Eagle reports.
- The availability of Kansas wind power could potentially help states that are struggling to meet renewable energy quotas to fill their gaps.
From the article:
"... The 700-mile long Grain Belt Express would carry up to 3,500 megawatts of wind-generated electricity and cost $2 billion to build. The potential route runs northeast from Spearville to Washington, Kan., and then east into Missouri. ..."
