Google-Backed Wind Power Line Clears Hurdle

(Reuters) – A planned $5 billion transmission line to send power from wind farms off the East Coast cleared a hurdle, allowing the Google Inc-backed project to move to the next step in the approval process, officials said. The Department of the Interior declared on Monday there was “no overlapping competitive interest” in proposed areas for building the line off the mid-Altantic coast. [More]

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Google-Backed Wind Power Line Clears Hurdle