HVDC transmission to mitigate electric energy crisis in the United States

United States has abundant resources of fossil fuel, such as coal and natural gas. But fossil fuels are not equally distributed through out the country and some highly developed large industrial states can not burn the cheapest fossil fuel coal due to strict environmental regulations. Both the East and West coasts of the country are facing electric energy shortages and burn costly fuels such as natural gas to satisfy the increasing demand. On the other hand, Rocky Mountain States are rich in fossil fuels and Wyoming alone produces 40% of the US coal every year. But Wyoming generates only 1% of the total US electric energy which has the second lowest price of electricity in the US. The geographic location of Wyoming is suitable to mitigate the electric energy crisis in Eastern, Western and Southern USA by using HVDC transmission lines. In this paper, technical and economical analysis of the proposed HVDC lines will be discussed.