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
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