{"id":443532,"date":"2010-03-18T10:13:58","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T14:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthportal.org\/news\/?p=3213"},"modified":"2010-03-18T10:13:58","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T14:13:58","slug":"for-new-line-construction-power-companies-looking-under-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/443532","title":{"rendered":"For new line construction, power companies looking under water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/17\/business\/energy-environment\/17power.html?adxnnl=1&amp;ref=energy-environment&amp;adxnnlx=1268920895-FW+BbH5CB+qLcJzCIsIf7g\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2010\/03\/17\/business\/17power_CA1_337-span\/17power_CA1-articleLarge.jpg\" width=\"334\" align=\"left\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/eenews.net\/Greenwire\/2010\/03\/17\/14\/\" >Greenwire<\/a>: Power companies have found a simple and relatively noncontroversial  solution to the need for high-voltage transmission lines to transmit  wind energy: They are putting the lines under water, with virtually no  public reaction and little opposition from environmentalists.<\/p>\n<p>Recent studies show that to generate 20 percent of the United  States&#8217; electricity with wind, there would need to be up to 22,000 miles  of power lines, but many balked at the idea of adding towers and  cutting down trees for the wires. However, a recent series of underwater  projects has drawn enthusiasm even from environmental groups, who say  the lines are a good way to serve the United States with more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eoearth.org\/article\/Renewable_energy\">renewable  power<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While underwater lines are cheaper than burying cables on land, they  still cost more than building transmission towers. The projects are  also limited by the availability of rivers and lakes. Developers note  that most rivers run north or south, while power needs to move east and  west.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto-based Transmission Developers is proposing to use the Hudson  River for an ambitious underwater cable project that would run 370  miles between Lake Champlain and New York City, extending into  Connecticut. The cable would be one of the largest in the world and  would bring hydroelectricity to New York City, where overhead power  lines have not been built in 20 years (Matthew L. Wald, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/17\/business\/energy-environment\/17power.html?ref=energy-environment\" ><em>New  York Times<\/em><\/a>, March 16). <strong>&#8211; JP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthportal.org\/news\/?p=3213&amp;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_3213\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Share This<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenwire: Power companies have found a simple and relatively noncontroversial solution to the need for high-voltage transmission lines to transmit wind energy: They are putting the lines under water, with virtually no public reaction and little opposition from environmentalists. Recent studies show that to generate 20 percent of the United States&#8217; electricity with wind, there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4055,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4055"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}