{"id":567265,"date":"2010-05-17T18:26:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T22:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/?p=9858"},"modified":"2010-05-17T18:26:54","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T22:26:54","slug":"coal-plant-troubles-free-up-proposed-transmission-for-south-dakota-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/567265","title":{"rendered":"Coal Plant Troubles Free Up Proposed Transmission for South Dakota Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/files\/2010\/05\/Wind_Farming.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9868\" title=\"Wind_Farming\" src=\"http:\/\/go635254.s3.amazonaws.com\/cleantechnica\/files\/2010\/05\/Wind_Farming.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhen the very controversial South Dakota coal plant <a href=\"http:\/\/northstar.sierraclub.org\/campaigns\/air\/coal\/bigStoneFactsheet.html\">Big   Stone II<\/a> &#8211; with all its permits in place and finally due to be built this year &#8211; was finally <a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2009\/11\/02\/big-stone-demise\/\" >canceled<\/a> at the end of last year; the cancellation created an opportunity for wind power.<\/p>\n<p>It was to have supplied customers in Minnesota.\u00a0 New transmission lines were to have hauled its dirty power from the coal plant to supply the Twin Cities.<\/p>\n<p>A month later, Minnesota, which has a Renewable Energy  Standard and clean energy  legislation in place, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=first-carbon-tariff-will-tax-co2-at-2010-01\">slapped   the first ever border carbon tax<\/a> on coal power from across its   North Dakota border.<\/p>\n<p>Now, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/ap\/financialnews\/D9FOL3UG1.htm\">Businessweek<\/a>, those new and upgraded high-voltage transmission lines, originally slated to carry the dirty power from Big Stone II, will instead be  used to carry South Dakota&#8217;s clean wind power. <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/05\/17\/coal-plant-troubles-free-up-proposed-transmission-for-south-dakota-wind\/#more-9858\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=Zl6-H9vUh_k:ObbzREdQMJM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=Zl6-H9vUh_k:ObbzREdQMJM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?i=Zl6-H9vUh_k:ObbzREdQMJM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=Zl6-H9vUh_k:ObbzREdQMJM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?i=Zl6-H9vUh_k:ObbzREdQMJM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=Zl6-H9vUh_k:ObbzREdQMJM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?i=Zl6-H9vUh_k:ObbzREdQMJM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=Zl6-H9vUh_k:ObbzREdQMJM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/cleantechnica\/com\/~4\/Zl6-H9vUh_k\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the very controversial South Dakota coal plant Big Stone II &#8211; with all its permits in place and finally due to be built this year &#8211; was finally canceled at the end of last year; the cancellation created an opportunity for wind power. 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