Underground Transmission & Distribution
EIB Finances Submarine HV Link Between Italy and Sardinia
The European Investment Bank is advancing a EUR300 million loan to Terna – Rete Elettrica Nazionale S.p.A., which is responsible in Italy for electricity transmission and dispatching over the high-voltage and extra-high voltage grid – to help finance a new submarine high-voltage power cable between the Italian mainland and Sardinia....
Report: Americans Strike Underground Utilities About Once Per Minute
The Common Ground Alliance has announced findings from its first-ever National Utility Damage Assessment, which showed Americans unintentionally damage underground utilities approximately once per minute every year, risking serious injuries and costly service disruptions, fines and repair costs...
Cable Rejuvenation Buys Insurance
Anderson Island is a Small Island in South Puget Sound about 2 Miles from the Coast near the town of Lacey, Washington, U.S. The island is served by 2.3...
Finland, Sweden Installing New 500-kV Submarine Cable for Interconnector
Nexans has been awarded a contract worth around 150 million Euro by Fingrid Oyj, the electricity transmission system operator in Finland, and Svenska Kraftnät, a state utility that runs the national electrical grid in Sweden. ...
Contractor Invests in Portable Band Saws
The expansion of the nation's electrical grid has increased the demand for the installation of underground high-voltage transmission cable. To cleanly...
Report Backs Undersea Cable to Export Scotland's Wind, Wave Power
An undersea cable that will enable Scottish renewable energy to be distributed around the UK is viable, according to a new study by The Crown Estate....
EDF Energy Networks Invests £362,000 to Remove Power Lines on the Kent Downs
Large stretches of the Kent countryside in Kent, England, are to be transformed thanks to the joint efforts of EDF Energy Networks and the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Unit. ...
Northeast Utilities Applies Design-Bid-Build
Chronic System Congestion in Southwest Connecticut was Reduced Significantly about a year ago, while saving ratepayers US$150 million. The Bethel-Norwalk...
Thermal Grouts Go the Distance
Most Utilities Use Horizontal Boring or Pipe Jacking to Place Large-Diameter Steel or Polyethylene Casings Under Roadways. Utility services can then be...
Make Safety a Value, Not an Afterthought
Before the sun comes up in Cresthill, Illinois, Henkels & McCoy field crews meet to discuss safety issues related to directional boring and trenching....
Siemens Selects WorleyParsons for Trans Bay Cable Project
Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution Inc. has contracted with Worley-Parsons to provide engineering services for the high-voltage direct current...
Siemens to Deliver HVDC Technology for Low-Loss Power Supply Via Submarine Cable to San Francisco
Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution (Erlangan, Germany) has secured an order to construct an undersea high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission...
Lines Versus Cables: Consider All Factors
In Recent Years, the Evolution and Enhanced Performance of Underground Cables with extruded insulations such as cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) has refocused...
Trans Bay Cable to Build Undersea Link to San Francisco
Trans Bay Cable has awarded Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc. a contract worth more than US$150 million to construct a 53-mile undersea high voltage direct current transmission link between San Francisco’s City Center electrical power grid and a Pacific Gas & Electric substation near Pittsburg, California....
Neptune Submarine Cable Saved $20 Million for LIPA
The Long Island Power Authority saved over $20 million this summer by using the new Neptune electric transmission cable to bring nearly 1.2 million MWh of low cost power to Long Island during the peak summer season in July, August and September when demand for electricity is highest. ...
Ontario Board Approves Construction of Transmission Facilities in Brampton
The Ontario Energy Board has issued a Decision and Order granting Hydro One Networks Inc. a permit to construct electricity transmission facilities in the City of Brampton...
Majorca to Connect to Spanish Mainland Grid
Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution is delivering the two converter stations for the new high-voltage direct current transmission link (HVDC) between Morvedre near Valencia and Santa Ponsa near Palma de Mallorca, connecting the Balearic island of Majorca with the Spanish mainland...
Finnish Ministry Grants Permit for New Powerline Between Finland, Sweden
Last week the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry granted Fingrid Oyj, Finland’s electricity transmission system operator, a license to build a new 800 MW power transmission cable between Finland and Sweden...
LIPA Supports Long Island Sound Research
The Long Island Power Authority (New York State) has presented the Town of Huntington with a grant for research of the Long Island Sound. ...
EDF Energy Identifies High-Risk Cable Sections
The Development of a Robust On-line Partial-Discharge (PD) Monitoring Technique has Prompted EDF Energy to perform routine on-line mapping tests on its...
Prysmian to Build HVDC Submarine Link for Spain's REE
Red Electrica de Espaa (REE) has awarded Prysmian Cables & Systems a contract for the design, supply and construction of a high-voltage dc submarine link...
E.ON Netz to Connect Large Offshore Wind Farm to German Grid
German utility E.ON Netz GmbH has contracted ABB to supply the power equipment that will connect the world’s largest offshore wind farm to the German grid. ...
Australia's Aurora Energy Completes High-Voltage Submarine Cable Project
Aurora Energy, Australia, has completed work on Tasmania’s longest deep water high-voltage submarine cable project to improve power supplies to customers in the upper West Tamar region. ...
The LIPA Connection
Lower-cost power, enhanced merchant market, energy diversity and off-island interconnection capability for reliability were the established goals. Through...
SDG&E Energizes First High-Voltage Underground Line in San Diego History
State and local elected officials joined San Diego Gas & Electric today to dedicate the first major high-voltage underground electric transmission line in San Diego's history. ...
