Project Description

The Grain Belt Express Clean Line will deliver 3,500 megawatts of low cost, renewable power from western Kansas to Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and states farther east. Similar to the trains that carry grain harvested in the Midwest to eastern markets, the Grain Belt Express Clean Line will move wind energy from its source in the grain belt of the county to markets with strong demand for low-cost, clean power.

The Grain Belt Express Clean Line will create thousands of temporary jobs and hundreds of permanent jobs, reduce pollution, save water relative to traditional electric generation, and, in a future with electric vehicles, will help improve our national security and diversify America’s energy supply.

Grain Belt Express Clean Line Quick Facts

• The Grain Belt Express Clean Line will deliver 3,500 megawatts of low-cost, renewable power from western Kansas to communities in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and points farther east that have a strong demand for clean, reliable energy.

• The Grain Belt Express Clean Line will transport clean power via an approximately 700-mile overhead, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line.

• The development and construction of the Grain Belt Express Clean Line is an estimated $2 billion investment that will enable approximately $7 billion of new, renewable energy projects to be built.

• The Grain Belt Express Clean Line will deliver enough clean, renewable energy to power approximately 1.4 million homes, dramatically reducing pollutants by millions of tons.

• Renewable energy generators and utilities that purchase transmission capacity on the line will pay for usage of the Grain Belt Express Clean Line.

• The Grain Belt Express Clean Line will reduce water withdrawal from lakes and rivers by billions of gallons per year – that’s water that would otherwise be needed for cooling thermal power plants.