Dive Summary:
- Clean Line Energy Partners has requested public utility status and an order of public convenience and necessity to build a $2 billion power line through the state of Illinois.
- The line would deliver power from a variety of renewable energy sources, in particular wind power from Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota.
- The line would be 500 miles long, able to supply 3,500 MW of energy with voltage running as high as 660 kV.
From the article:
"In its application for public utility status in Illinois, high-voltage, direct-current transmission developer Clean Line Energy Partners emphasized that its proposed Rock Island line will support wind development.
'There is a large demand for electricity supplied by renewable resources, and in particular by wind generation, in Illinois and the PJM [Interonnection] region, and that demand will continue to grow over the next 15 years,' the company said in its Oct. 10 application. 'Due to improvements in technology and market competition, electricity from wind has becomes one of the lowest cost sources of new generation.' ..."