Clean Line Energy Partners Project Map Centennial West Grain Belt Express Rock Island Plains and Eastern

Centennial West

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The Centennial West Clean Line will transport 3,500 megawatts of new renewable energy generation from eastern New Mexico and deliver directly to the southwestern United States.  In 2012, New Mexico and Arizona will celebrate their respective 100 year tenure as states in the Union.  The name “Centennial West” honors the importance of these two states and the successful arrival of the 100 year anniversary for each, while setting the course for the next century for the southwest: clean, renewable energy to power this rapidly growing region in the United States.

Grain Belt Express

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The Grain Belt Express Clean Line will deliver 3,500 megawatts of low-cost renewable power from Kansas to Missouri and points farther east. Similar to the trains which carried grain harvested in the Midwest to markets farther east, the Grain Belt Express will move renewable energy from its source in the Grain Belt of the country, to markets with a strong demand for low-cost clean power.

Plains & Eastern

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Consisting of two overhead HVDC transmission lines, the Plains & Eastern Clean Line will move 7,000 megawatts of power from renewable projects in western Oklahoma, southwestern Kansas, and the Texas Panhandle to consumers in eastern markets.  Just as trains carried cattle and other goods from the rural areas to urban centers, the Plains & Eastern Clean Line will carry renewable energy from the Plains of the Southwest, east to communities and cities that have an appetite for low-cost clean power.

Rock Island

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The Rock Island Clean Line will connect 3,500 megawatts of renewable power from Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota to communities in Illinois and other states to the east. The name of the Rock Island Clean Line comes from the Rock Island Railroad, which stretches across the entire state of Iowa, through the city of Rock Island and into Illinois. Just as the Rock Island Railroad allowed farmers to grow product and move it to market, the Rock Island Clean Line will deliver clean, renewable energy to communities that need it, representing the new farm to market model for the 21st Century.