Ray, I'm just retired and have nothing to do with power grids. However the Green Belt express has been in our news frequently.
Grain Belt Express has obtained regulatory approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to sell transmission service to customers at negotiated rates.
The project involves construction of a 750-mile overhead direct transmission line that seeks to connect wind energy from western Kansas with utilities and customers in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and eastern states. Officials with Clean Line Energy Partners said it is designed to deliver up to 3,500 megawatts of electricity and provide enough energy per year from more than 1.4 million homes.
NOT IN MY BACK YARD. NIMBYs
Property owners opposed to a planned network of transmission towers and power lines that would carry wind-generated electricity from western Kansas to Indiana through a portion of southern Randolph County fear the possibility of eminent domain, while Grain Belt Express promoters say the project is climate-friendly and a source of significant economic development.
It's called the green belt express because the high voltage transmission lines are DCV. No EMFs like conventional power lines that buzz at 60 hz. Before it gets to Indiana, Inverters In Illinois will convert it back to 60 hz dcv.
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