AMSC Receives Orders for Grid Interconnection of North American Wind Farms
American Superconductor Corp. has received orders for its D-VAR grid interconnection solution for two additional wind farms in the U.S. and Canada. ...
AEP Saves Fuel with New International Hybrid Line Trucks
American Electric Power is expanding its green efforts to include more hybrid trucks. ...
New Colorado - Wyoming Transmission Offering
A new transmission line connecting the Front Range of Colorado with the wind-rich high plains of eastern Wyoming is planning to offer capacity rights in an open auction in June 2008. ...
ADB Helps India Bring Power to All in Ambitious National Grid Project
With funding support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), India’s national power grid operator is embarking on an ambitious multi-billion dollar plan to expand the country’s power transmission grid and link stable clean energy supplies to areas suffering shortages. ...
China Commissions Converter Transformers for Shanghai Link
Siemens Energy, together with local partners, is to deliver 10 EHV converter transformers for the future HVDC transmission link from the Xiangjiaba hydroelectric power plant in Southwestern China to Shanghai on the east coast of the country. ...
Henkels & McCoy Purchases Two Hybrid Diesel/Electric Trucks
Henkels & McCoy, Inc. has purchased two hybrid diesel/electric trucks from DUECO containing Eaton’s patented hybrid solution....
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority Building Two 400-kV Substations
AREVA strengthened its partnership with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) by signing a 150-million euro contract for the delivery of two 400 kV substations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates....
Fenno-Skan 2 Submarine Cable Contract Awarded to Nexans
Fingrid Oyj and Svenska Kraftnät have selected Nexans Norway AS to manufacture the new HVDC submarine cable between Finland and Sweden (Fenno-Skan 2). ...
NYRI Submits Supplemental Filing on Proposed New York State Transmission Line
New York Regional Interconnect, Inc. (NYRI) is seeking approval from the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) to build, at no cost to taxpayers, a 190-mile-long transmission line to meet the state's growing demand for reliable and reasonably priced electrical power....
LCRA Selects Quanta Services for Transmission System Expansion
Quanta Services, Inc. has secured a contract with the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) at an estimated value of up to $194 million over five years. ...
Alabama Power to Install 3M High-Capacity ACCR Conductor
Alabama Power Co. will install 3M’s high-capacity Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced (ACCR) transmission conductor to upgrade a key line at its Miller Steam Plant....
KEMA to Optimize Bahrain Maintenance Electricity Network
The Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) of the Kingdom of Bahrain – formerly operating as the Ministry of Water & Electricity (MEW) –commissioned KEMA to optimize maintenance and related operating processes of its entire electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) network. ...
Critical Transmission Grid Expansion Plans Advance
ITC Great Plains' plans to invest in transmission infrastructure improvements in Kansas are one step closer to reality because of two important industry decisions rendered that prioritize the state's electric projects and more equitably address cost recovery associated with these projects. ...
AREVA Awarded Two Contracts in the UAE
AREVA has been awarded two turnkey grid reinforcement contracts in the United Arab Emirates, totaling 86 million euros...
Pakistan Government plans Transmission Enhancement Project
To overcome the frequent power breakdown that cost billions of rupees to the government and private sector, the Pakistani government has planned a power transmission enhancement project (PTEP) ...
Students Meet Construction Equipment Challenge
A team of Perry High School students has been selected a regional winner in the Construction Equipment Challenge competition sponsored by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers ...
Svenska Kraftnat to Construct the South-West Link Using HVDC Technology
Doubled capacity and a new link to Norway was the decision of Svenska Kraftnät’s Board at an extra meeting on January 17th as a step towards adapting the Swedish and Nordic transmission grids to the European energy and environmental politics of the future....
Statnett and E.ON Netz Launch Joint Feasibility Study for a DC-Cable Between Norway And Germany
The Norwegian and German transmission system operators, Statnett and E.ON Netz agreed to launch a joint study to assess the technical and financial potential for building NORD.LINK, a sub sea DC-cable between Norway and Germany....
AREVA Awarded Two Contracts With Major Indian Utilities
AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution Division was awarded two contracts by key Indian utilities, NTPC and POWERGRID....
Siemens to Deliver MV Power Supply System for Kuwait International Airport
As part of the expansion of Kuwait International Airport, Siemens Energy has been awarded an order worth EUR 80 million for planning, delivery, installation and commissioning of a medium voltage (11-KV) power supply system....
AREVA to Deliver Gas-Insulated Substations to Qatar
AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution division (T&D) was awarded its greatest contract ever, with Kahramaa, the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation, as part of the Qatar Power Transmission System Expansion program and includes the turnkey delivery of 14 gas-insulated substations (GIS1) to develop and improve the network in the Doha region....
Newfoundland and Labrador Signs MOU with Emera and Nova Scotia Power to Explore Options for Lower Churchill Power
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro), Emera Inc. and Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the possibility of bringing energy from the Lower Churchill Project to the Maritimes and New England markets....
RAO UES, Primorsky Kray Administration Sign an Agreement on Cooperation in Development of the Region's Energy System
RAO "UES of Russia" and the Primorsky Kray Administration have signed an Agreement for Cooperation in Development of the Region's Energy System and Reliable Electricity Supply Through 2012. ...
Highlights of BCTC’s Ten Year Capital Plan
Highlights of BCTC’s Ten Year Capital Plan...
BC Transmission Corp. Plans $5.1 Billion Investment in Electricity System Upgrades
BC Transmission Corporation (BCTC) has filed its Ten Year Capital Plan with the BC Utilities Commission, outlining $5.1 billion in expenditures designed to meet the increased clean electricity demands of British Columbia’s growing economy....
