Underground Transmission & Distribution
PECO Investing $3 Million on Underground Cable Improvements
PECO will invest approximately $3.2 million this year to replace and perform preventative maintenance on about 19 miles of underground cable that delivers electricity to thousands of residential customers across the region. ...
NY Commission Seeking Comment On Proposed 1 GW Underwater Transmission Line
The New York State Public Service Commission is seeking public comment on a joint proposal filed by Champlain Hudson Power Express Inc. and CHPE Properties for approval to construct a 1 GW transmission line that will deliver wind energy and hydropower from the Canadian border to New York City....
Power Station Demolition Clears the Way for New Electricity Interconnector with Europe
The last remaining cooling towers and chimney from the former Richborough Power Station in Kent, U.K., have been demolished to make way for a new energy...
Con Edison Technology Makes New York City Streets Safer
Con Edison continues to develop technology to keep pedestrians and pets safe from contact voltage on the streets of New York City. Company crews now use...
Western HVDC Link Sets Voltage Record
Prysmian Group has been awarded a record contract worth approximately 800 million euros the highest value ever awarded in the cable business for the development...
JCP&L Agrees to Implement Morristown Underground Network Improvements
Jersey Central Power & Light has agreed to implement the recommendations in a report on the Morristown underground electrical network, which was accepted today by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. ...
ABB Sets Power Cable Record in New York Harbor
ABB has completed the delivery and energization of the world's first cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulated 345-kV AC submarine cable system. Extruded...
Nexans to Create REE’s New High-Voltage Submarine Power Link between Mallorca and Ibiza
Nexans has been awarded a turnkey contract worth in excess of 90 million euros by REE (Red Eléctrica de España), the operator of the Spanish power system and the owner of the power transmission grid, to create a new 115 km high-voltage (HV) submarine power link between the Islands of Mallorca and Ibiza. ...
REE Contracts Nexans for New High-Voltage Submarine Power Link Between Mallorca and Ibiza
Red Elctrica de Espaa (REE), the operator of the Spanish power system and the owner of the power transmission grid, has awarded Nexans a turnkey contract...
New York Technicians Test for Contact Voltage
All electric utilities in New York state test their underground and overhead electric distribution systems for contact voltage. These utilities perform...
Fenno-Skan 2 Cable Link Ready for Use
Fenno-Skan 2, the high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) electricity transmission connection between Finland and Sweden, is now is full operation. Fenno-Skan...
Education Empowers Cable Engineers
Veteran engineers are leaving the utility industry in waves, taking with them their experience with cables and the underground transmission and distribution...
Zoning Out
I love to travel, but when you start looking like your passport photo, it's time to go home. There are other signals that you have been on the road way...
Underground Makeover
In Japan, electric utilities have installed underground cables on transmission systems up to 500 kV to supply electric power to urban areas. Construction...
Battery-free Monitoring Supports Underground Infrastructure and Transformer Applications
GridSense has developed a maintenance-free and battery-less monitoring system for a U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored project. ...
ABB to Invest $400 Million on Expansion of Cable Production Capacity in Sweden
ABB will invest over $400 million to double the capacity of its high-voltage cables manufacturing facility in Karlskrona, Sweden, to meet growing demand for subsea cables. ...
ENERGEX is on Top of Underground Project in Rosewood, Queensland
ENERGEX and the Ipswich City Council will collectively spend $700,000 to place parts of Rosewood’s overhead electricity network underground. ...
Oldcastle Precast Supplies Products for Camp Pendleton's Base-wide Communications and Electrical Systems Upgrades
Oldcastle Precast is in the process of manufacturing and installing 461 precast concrete manholes and pull boxes for the communications system upgrades...
Xcel Energy Replaces Underground Transformer
Light rail trains transport passengers through downtown Minneapolis. Adjacent to the tracks, an underground vault houses four 115/13.8-kV transformers,...
Record Level of Electricity Transmission Congestions on the Border Between Finland and Sweden This Year
There has not been sufficient electricity transmission capacity on the border between Finland and Sweden this year....
