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AltaLink Selects Burns & McDonnell to Provide EPC Services for Series of Transmission Projects in Alberta
Burns & McDonnell-Canada has been awarded a 5-year contract by AltaLink, L.P., to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a range of high-voltage transmission line and substation projects throughout the Province of Alberta, Canada....
Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions to Install the Cable for E.ON’s Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm
The contract, worth about £19 million, will involve the design and installation of a 30-km section of underground 132-kV cable which will be used to connect the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm to a new onshore substation at Hedon in East Yorkshire, UK....
GE and XD Electric Form Global Transmission and Distribution Partnership
GE and XD Electric Group have formed a new partnership to deliver a full-line of electric transmission and distribution and grid automation solutions to customers around the world....
Alstom to Modernize Critical Alaska Transmission Line
Alstom Grid has announced a new contract worth approximately $7M USD to fully modernize three outdated Static VAr Compensators (SVCs[1]) on the critically important 170-mi Alaska Intertie transmission line owned by the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), an agency of the State of Alaska....
Kinectrics to Open New Danish R&D Testing Facility
David Harris, president and CEO of Kinectrics Inc., together with Pia Olsen Dyhr, Danish Minister of Trade and Investment, have announced plans to establish Kinectrics first European facility in Jutland, Denmark in 2012. ...
ABB Prepares for 380-kV Breaker Launch
ABB is preparing to launch the type 362PMG-B gang operated, dead tank gas circuit breaker in the third quarter of 2012. ...
CVTech Group Inc. Wins Contracts Totaling Close to $39.0 Million
CVTech Group Inc. announced that its subsidiary Thirau ltée has been awarded several contracts with a total value of nearly $39.0 million. ...
Prysmian to Supply Cables for the Benghazi and Tripoli Grids in Libya
Prysmian Group is set to play an important role in the reconstruction of Libya, in particular its infrastructure and networks for energy and telecommunications....
FACTS Solutions to Increase Transmission Capacity and Facilitate Wind Power Integration in Texas
ABB has won orders worth around $45 million from US utility Oncor, to provide electrical solutions that will increase transmission capacity, ensure grid stability and facilitate the integration of renewable power in Texas....
Iraq to Refurbish Distribution System
The Ministry of Electricity (MOE) in Iraq has awarded a contract for a state-of-the-art power distribution management system. ...
ABB Switchyard Adds 200 MW of Local Electricity for City of Anaheim
ABB announced the dedication of the Canyon Power 69-kV GIS Switchyard, a major new turnkey GIS project that now provides unprecedented levels of local electricity for the City of Anaheim, California. ...
Odyne Systems Delivers Five Plug-in Hybrid Work Trucks Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy
Odyne Systems, LLC, a leader in hybrid systems for medium and heavy duty trucks, received project approval from the Department of Energy in 2009 under a Congressionally Directed Project to accelerate the development of plug-in hybrid systems that reduce fuel utilization up to 50% and reduce emissions. ...
HVDC Will Control Power Flow between Upper and Lower Michigan
ABB has won an order worth around $90 million from American Transmission Co. (ATC) to supply a power solution that will help control the flow of power and enhance grid stability in the State of Michigan....
National Grid to Invest £28m Locally to Secure Energy Supplies
National Grid (UK) is investing £28 million on refurbishing two sections of overhead line which run between Daines near Manchester, Macclesfield and Cellarhead near Stoke on Trent....
FPL Strengthens the Electric Grid Against Major Storms
Florida Power & Light Co. plans to invest more than $200 million in 2012 to strengthen the electric grid against major storms and keep service reliability high, the company said in an annual filing with the Florida Public Service Commission....
Prysmian Secures Cable Link between Scotland and England
Prysmian Group has been awarded a record contract worth approximately 800 million Euro, the highest value ever awarded in the cable business, for the development of Western HVDC Link, a new submarine High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) interconnector between Scotland and England. ...
Updated ENTSO-E Grid Map 2011 Now Available
ENTSO-E (European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity) presents the 2011 update of its European transmission grid map, now available for order. ...
CVTech Group Inc. Renews a $13 Million Contract with Hydro-Québec
CVTech Group Inc. announced that its subsidiary Thirau ltée has obtained, under an extension option, the renewal of a major contract for the construction, maintenance and modification, on demand, of overhead distribution networks in Hydro-Québec's Montreal and Richelieu territories. ...
Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Installs 3M ACCR to Boost Capacity on Line near San Antonio
Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) in south central Texas has become the nation’s first rural electric cooperative to install the advanced overhead transmission conductor, 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced (3M ACCR)....
Minnesota Power Proposes New Transmission Line
To bring renewable, carbon-free energy from Canada and upgrade the Upper Midwest’s electric system, Minnesota Power is proposing the construction of new transmission from Winnipeg to the Mesabi Iron Range and eventually into Duluth. Minnesota Power also is exploring other regional grid enhancements. ...
SPP Board Approves Over $1.7 Billion of Transmission Expansion Projects
In keeping with its 2010 Strategic Plan to build a robust transmission system and develop efficient energy markets, the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Board of Directors approved a near-term transmission expansion plan that will result in the construction of $251 million in new transmission projects needed to maintain reliable supplies of electricity across its nine-state region....
Public Invited to Have Their Say on 400-kV Power Line in UK
National Grid is inviting the public to identify areas and locations which are particularly valued by local communities as it considers the more detailed routing for a proposed 400-kV power connection between south Suffolk and Essex UK. ...
Russia’s MOESK Utility Installs 3M ACCR to Upgrade Key Transmission Line Serving a Moscow District
The electricity transmission unit of MOESK Company (Moscow United Electric Grid Company) has installed the 3M ACCR overhead conductor to upgrade a line serving a densely populated southern district of Moscow to avoid the need for larger towers or an expanded right of way. ...
NorthWestern and BPA Agree to Discuss Ways to Collaborate on MSTI Project
NorthWestern Energy and the Bonneville Power Administration have agreed to explore collaboration on the Mountain States Transmission Intertie project. ...
Reconstruction of The Hague's High-Voltage Grid Nears Completion
TenneT has reached a new milestone in the major reconstruction of the high-voltage grid in and around The Hague, The Netherlands. ...
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