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Connecticut Firm Exploring Novel Means for Detecting Offshore Wind Cable Damage
Groton, Conn.-based maritime solutions company ThayerMahan Inc. has demonstrated that its SeaScout system can detect damage to export and transmission cables that carry power...
Major Wind, Transmission Projects Put Maine in the Spotlight
The Maine Public Utilities Commission has issued a decision to move forward with two large projects that will promote renewable energy development in northern...
ACP Report Highlights Urgent Need for Offshore Wind Transmission Collaboration
With dozens of offshore wind projects in the pipeline off U.S. shores, federal agencies, states and grid operators must immediately begin collaborative planning to...
New InterOPERA Project Aimed at Offshore Wind Interconnection
Europe is pathing the way for interconnected hybrid offshore wind farms. On this way offshore electricity transmission is a key challenge. The most efficient...
Petrofac, Partners Collaborate on Offshore Wind Converter Stations
Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT, Hitachi Energy and international services company Petrofac have entered into early works agreements in support of TenneT’s 2 GW...
Amprion Offshore Awards Energy Converter Platform Contract to Cobra IS
Cobra IS, a VINCI subsidiary, has won a contract from Amprion Offshore to design, build and install two energy converter platforms in the North...
DOE, NREL Call for Applications for Cybersecurity Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released a call for applications for the second cohort of the...
Hitachi Energy Provides Grid Connections for Offshore Wind Farms
Hitachi Energy has won two major orders from Equinor and Polenergia to provide an AC grid connection and power quality solution for their jointly...
California ISO Approves TransWest Express Transmission Project
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) has approved TransWest Express LLC’s application to become an ISO participating transmission owner and to join the ISO’s...
Hitachi Energy HVDC Will Transmit Energy Between Quebec, New York
Hydro-Québec has selected Hitachi Energy for its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology for the transmission of electricity between the Quebec network, in eastern Canada,...
NREL Singing Inverters Display Electrical Harmony for Renewable Power Systems
Standing among solar arrays and power grid equipment at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), you might hear a faint, distorted melody buzzing from...
DOE WETO Offers Funding to Solve U.S. Wind Energy Challenges
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has released a $28 million funding opportunity to lower costs and address barriers...
TransWest Express Chooses Siemens Energy for HVDC Technology
TransWest Express LLC has selected Siemens Energy Inc. to supply the high-voltage direct current transmission technology for the TransWest Express Transmission Project (TWE Project).
The...
Construction Begins on 339-Mile Express Transmission Line Between NYC and Canada
Construction has started on the 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line being developed by Transmission Developers Inc. It will deliver reliable clean energy...
New York Approves Transmission Line for Sunrise Wind Farm
The New York State Public Service Commission has approved a transmission line that will deliver electricity from the Sunrise Wind Farm, a proposed wind...
SunZia Wind Transmission Project Gains Key Arizona Commission Approvals
Pattern Energy Group LP’s SunZia Transmission project has received unanimous approval from the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) on its recent Certificate of Environmental Compatibility...
WindEurope: ‘Energy Islands’ Will Connect Offshore Wind to the Mainland
Europe’s 30 GW of offshore wind farms are nearly all connected to the energy system through subsea power cables that run from each individual...
Equinor, Partners Power Hywind Tampen Wind Farm
Power production from the first turbine in the floating Hywind Tampen wind farm in the North Sea began this week, according to Equinor. The...
NJBPU Prepares to Implement Recommendations for Grid Modernization
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has formerly accepted a report, entitled Grid Modernization Study: New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, which...
Equinor, Hitachi Energy Start Collaboration with Offshore Wind Transmission Projects
Equinor and Hitachi Energy say they are collaborating on electrification, renewable power generation and low-carbon initiatives worldwide. Initial areas of focus for the collaboration...