Clean Line ponders a path for Rock Island project

摘要

Clean Line Energy Partners looks to be in whack-a-mole mode as itrnstruggles to develop five major high-voltage transmission linesrndesigned to carry thousands of megawatts of clean energy across arnlarge swath of the US.rnAs one issue seemingly is put to rest, another pops up.rnWith only a few weeks left in 2015, the Houston-based company isrntrying to figure out how to jump-start its mostly stalled, 500-mile RockrnIsland Clean Line project. The line would deliver 3,500 MW of renewablernenergy from northwest Iowa and surrounding regions into Illinois andrnpoints east into PJM Interconnection to help offset the retirement ofrnolder coal-fired generation mainly due to new EnvironmentalrnProtection Agency rules.