DATC
,
a
joint
venture
of
Duke
Energy
and
American
Transmission,
did
not
say
what
it
paid
Pathfinder
Renewable
Wind
Energy
for
the
Zephyr
Power
Transmission
Project.
The
Zephyr
500kV
high-voltage
direct
current
line
will
bring
wind
power
from
the
Chugwater
region
of
Wyoming
to
California
and
several
other
regions
in
the
southwestern
US.
The
line,
which
will
cost
an
estimated
$3.5bn,
will
interconnect
with
the
southwestern
power
grid
near
Las
Vegas,
Nevada.
Pathfinder,
part
of
Sammons
Enterprises
based
in
Dallas,
Texas,
is
developing
a
large
wind
farm
near…