Missouri will get five times the clean energy previously promised by the developers of the Grain Belt Express transmission line, executives announced Monday.
Grain Belt Express is a 800-mile high-voltage transmission line meant to carry renewable energy from wind-swept western Kansas across Missouri and Illinois to the Indiana border.
Its developer, Chicago-based Invenergy, previously planned to build a line with a 4,000-megawatt capacity and drop off about 10% of the power in Missouri. It said Monday in a press release that it will now be a 5,000-megawatt line that drops off half of its power in the state.
Invenergy executives announced the expansion in St. Louis with business groups from Missouri and Illinois. In the press release, Shashank Sane, Invenergy’s executive vice president and head of transmission, said the company is proud to…
Grain Belt Express announces expansion that means more clean energy for Missouri • Missouri Independent
