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Major Midwest Transmission Project Secures Final Siting Approval
The Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC) has approved Invenergy’s request to amend its existing certificate of convenience and necessity for the 800-mile Grain Belt...
Too Much of a Good Thing? Heavy Wind Power Presence Leads to Interconnection Inefficiencies
On balance, the rapid growth in North American wind power generation is a positive development. More projects and more connections to the grid will...
U.S. Action Plan for Offshore Wind Transmission Debuts
The U.S. Energy Department (DOE) and U.S. Interior Department (DOI) have released “An Action Plan for Offshore Wind Transmission Development in the U.S. Atlantic...
Boskalis Wins Cable Contracts for Wind Farm off Coast of Poland
Boskalis, a Dutch company that provides dredging and maritime services to the offshore energy sector, has been awarded two contracts for the transportation and...
SunZia Transmission Gets Green Light to Begin Building
Pattern Energy Group LP, a renewable energy and transmission infrastructure company, has begun construction on its SunZia Transmission project, a 550-mile ±525 kV high-voltage...
Avangrid, LineVision Pilot Project Offers Vital Transmission Data
Avangrid Inc., a sustainable energy company and part of the Iberdrola Group, has partnered with LineVision Inc. on a pilot project to unlock additional...
New $300 Million in Grants to Ease Transmission Siting, Permitting
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will be distributing up to $300 million in grants for states, tribes and local governments to accelerate and...
NKT Confirms Capacity Reservation for Scottish Projects
Scottish transmission system operator SSEN Transmission selected Denmark-based power cable supplier NKT in July as preferred bidder for a framework agreement and the two...
NREL Selects Smarter Grid Solutions for ESIF Project
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has chosen software provider Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) to implement a Strata Grid distributed...
NKT Supplies Power Cables to Baltic Power Offshore Wind
NKT, a cable and cable accessories supplier to the energy sector worldwide, has been awarded the contract, valued at approximately $130 million, to provide...
WSP Named Engineer for First U.S. HVDC Offshore Wind Farm
WSP USA, an engineering and professional services consultancy, has been named the professional engineer for the offshore HVDC converter platform for Sunrise Wind Farm,...
First U.S. Offshore Substation Finalized at Vineyard Wind 1
Avangrid has installed the offshore substation at its Vineyard Wind 1 project, the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States, currently under...
White House Proposal Enhances New Permitting Efficiences
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has released a proposed rule that would fully implement and build upon new permitting efficiencies directed...
Hitachi Energy Provides Tech for Longest HVDC Link in U.K.
Hitachi Energy has been selected as preferred technology provider of SSEN Transmission and National Grid to supply two HVDC converter stations to interconnect the...
Stantec Tapped for SunZia Transmission Project
Pattern Energy Group LP has chosen Stantec, a sustainable design and engineering company, to serve as owner’s engineer for the SunZia Transmission Project.
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Nexans Expands High-Tech Cable-Laying Fleet
Nexans, a global designer and manufacturer of cable systems and services, is expanding its presence in the offshore wind and interconnection market by adding...
Van Oord Concludes CrossWind Offshore Wind Farm Cable Work
Van Oord, a Netherlands-based maritime contracting company, has completed installing and burying inter-array cables at CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm, bringing it...
Energy Projects to Save Maine Consumers Nearly $900 Million
According to a June 2023 study by Daymark Energy Advisors, both the Aroostook Renewable Gateway – a proposed 100+ mile transmission line being developed...
McDermott Gets Going on BorWin6 Project
McDermott, an engineering and construction solutions provider to the energy industry, held a first steel-cutting ceremony at its Jebel Ali fabrication yard in Dubai,...
ACORE Report Examines Downside of PJM Grid Backlog
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) recently quantified the potential economic benefits of the onshore renewable energy projects awaiting grid connection in PJM,...