Zero Emission Express Transmission lines are renewable infrastructure to bring cheap Canadian wind energy to the low wind/high demand US population centers = Zero Emission Express roadto the market place

Vast & Cheap Wind Resources in Canada

-Alberta-Midwest

-Ontario

-Quebec-Maritimes

Marketplaces in the US

-East Coast

-Rust Belt

-West Coast

Zero Emission Express Transmission Lines

= Highway to the marketplace

-Zero Emission Alberta Express Line

-Zero Emission Ontario North Express

-Zero Emission Ontario South Express

-Zero Emission Quebec-Maritimes  Express

Estimate of the economic potential for the

Zero Emission Express Project:

Zero Emission Transmission Scenario 1

-Alberta Express:                          750 km, 3 GW

-Ontario North Express:              750 km, 3 GW

-Ontario South Express:               2x300 km, 1.5 GW

-Quebec-Maritimes Express:    1750 km, 3 GW

Zero Emission Capacity:                10 GW

Zero Emission Investment:         $10 BN

Annual Profits:                              $2 BN

= zero emission payback            5 years

Estimated new jobs:     175,000

Alberta, Saskatchwan    50,000

Ontario                            75,000

Quebec-Maritimes       50,000

SUMMARY: Investing $10 BN into 5 Zero Emission Express lines for 10 GW wind energy would result in annual profits of about $2 BN, payback 5 years.

The project would create 175,000 new jobs, and 40BN kWh wind energy would reduce the carbon footprint by 20 Million tons CO2, every year.

References:

wind map AWS Truewind

Assumption: 1kWh wind energy saves about 0.5kg CO2.

Assumption: The Ontario green energy act 2009 has created 50,000 jobs for 3 GW Wind, i.e. 16,000/GW.

Assumption: Zero Emission Transmission Scenario 1 is analogous to NREL Jennie Jorgenson Wind Curtailment and the Value of Transmission

„Summary pdf“