North America's Largest Wind Farm in North Dakota

North America s largest proposed andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t wind-farmandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt wind farmandamp lt aandamp gt to be built in northwest andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t north-dakotaandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt North Dakotaandamp lt aandamp gt is getting the transmission support it needs to turn it all into reality Tonight at a landowners meeting in andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t minot-ndandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Minotandamp lt aandamp gt Denali Energy the company heading up the 12-hundred turbine Hartland wind farm project announced that another company that invests solely in transmission grids is proposing to build an energy superhighway to transport the power out ITC Holdings Corporation officials say the Green Power Express would be a transmission line stretching from the North Dakota Hartland Wind Farm into states east that are in need of more power Vice President of Special Projects Joseph DOO-Dack Dudak says the Green Power Express would move 12 thousand megawatts of power from the Upper Midwest to eastern states that are hungry for green energy Joseph Dudak ITC V P of Major Contracts andamp amp amp Special Projects andamp quot So it s the largest project of it s kind and it will provide the highest transmission voltage lines to the Dakota s meaning it can transmit the most amount of wind energy out of the state So call it the super highway to get your new cash crop out of the state and able to sell it in markets andamp quot Curt Johnson with Denali Energy says the Green Power Express Line is exactly what the Hartland Wind Farm needs Johnson says right now America s transmission lines are already overburden and getting power to where it s needed is the major obstacle of any new power project Curt Johnson Principal Denali Energy andamp quot We need the equivalent of an interstate highway system to move power from the Dakota s east to Illinois and points further east to Pennsylvania and Ohio and it s projects like they re proposing that and that ultimately enables the economic develop of a project like Hartland Wind Farm andamp quot Johnson says Denali Energy is looking to break ground on the first phase of the six billion dollar Hartland Wind Farm in 2011 Dudak hopes ITC can start building the Green Power Express Line by February 2011 That project is expected to cost between six and ten billion dollars Tomorrow night on KX News we ll take an in-depth look at the projects and the expected impact on North Dakota