SOO Green
1600 Utica Ave, Floor 9
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Phone: (888) 214-8848
Website: https://soogreen.com
FIELD OFFICE
2600 Dodge Street, Suite E3
Dubuque, IA 52003
Phone: (888) 214-8848
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Phone: (888) 214-8848
Website: https://soogreen.com
FIELD OFFICE
2600 Dodge Street, Suite E3
Dubuque, IA 52003
Phone: (888) 214-8848
SOO GREEN HVDC LINK
The SOO Green HVDC Link is a 350-mile 2,100 MW, 525KV underground high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line running along existing rail corridors from Iowa to Illinois.
The SOO Green HVDC Link will utilize modern grid technology to build the first link of a national HVDC clean energy power grid. By connecting the nation’s two largest power markets – MISO in the Midwest, and PJM in the east – the SOO Green HVDC Link will help meet America’s growing demand for affordable, zero-carbon electricity. 
The SOO Green HVDC Link will utilize a unique development approach to avoid the siting and permitting challenges that have historically hindered development of new overhead power transmission.
The project seeks to replicate the model used to successfully build America’s fiber optic network by placing an underground HVDC transmission line along an existing railroad from North Central Iowa to Northern Illinois. This innovative, minimally invasive and environmentally superior way to build transmission avoids the visual impact of overhead transmission lines, minimizes tree clearing, avoids sensitive wildlife habitat and limits impacts to neighboring landowners. 
SOO Green will create new value for renewable energy suppliers, power marketers and consumers by linking generation produced in the Midwest electricity market (operated by MISO, the Mid-Continent Independent System Operator) to consumers in the Eastern electricity market (operated by PJM Interconnection). SOO Green will supply residential, municipal and commercial customers in PJM with reliable, affordable and clean energy.
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What kind of transmission line is SOO Green?Soo Green would be a merchant transmission project, a relatively novel approach where generators would pay to send their power to market on the line.
How is SOO Green energy helping the environment?SOO Green is pioneering an innovative model for developing transmission infrastructure to deliver renewable energy long distances to customers across the Eastern U.S. that virtually eliminates the visual, land and environmental impact of above-ground transmission lines.
What does SOO Green mean for us here in the Midwest?SOO Green will drive more than $3.5 billion in new energy infrastructure investment in the Midwest, create thousands of construction jobs and open opportunities for untapped renewable generation to reach new markets.
Where does SOO Green Renewable Rail line start?The 350-mile Soo Green Renewable Rail line would originate in Mason City, Iowa, and go to Plano, Illinois (see green route on above map). The 2,100-megawatt, 525-kilovolt direct current line would be buried underground following a Canadian Pacific railroad right of way, relieving it of the need to secure the right of way from private landowners or invoke eminent domain.
Learn more at soogreenrr.com/
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