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Transferring wind power; HVDC transmission line could cut through Iowa
A non-public meeting with local government and development leaders in Webster County will be held Dec. 8 in Fort Dodge as the first stage in determining if a new electric transmission system can be routed through or near this county.
Clean Line Energy Partners is planning to construct 500 miles of new high voltage direct current transmission line across Iowa.
November 29, 2010
by Larry Kershner
in The Messenger
A non-public meeting with local government and development leaders in Webster County will be held Dec. 8 in Fort Dodge as the first stage in determining if a new electric transmission system can be routed through or near this county.
Clean Line Energy Partners, based in Houston, Texas, is planning to construct 500 miles of new high voltage direct current transmission line across Iowa. The project is called Rock Island Clean Line and could possibly follow the former Rock Island Railroad corridor.
According to Hans Detweiler, CLEP's director of development, the intent is to spur additional wind energy farm creation in... [continue via Web link]
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