Just weeks after winning a key regulatory approval, one the nation’s largest wind energy projects is facing a new obstacle from Missouri legislation that could prevent the proposed high-voltage power line from being strung across the property of uncooperative landowners.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (by Mona Shand)- It appears the winds of change are blowing in Missouri, as more people speak out in favor of a plan to build a high-voltage wind energy transmission line through the state.
Jim Turner, executive committee chair of the Missouri Chapter of the Sierra Club, says the line, which would transfer 3,500 megawatts of power from wind farms in Kansas, would help the state mo