Hitachi Energy has signed a multi-year agreement with Pattern Energy to support its HVDC technologies for the SunZia Transmission Project, which will connect the 3,515 MW SunZia Wind project in New Mexico to Arizona and Western states.
The long-term agreement will provide service solutions like scheduled maintenance, cyber services, on-site engineering support and life cycle assessment of the HVDC Light stations for Pattern Energy’s under construction SunZia Transmission HVDC link.
Hitachi Energy’s HVDC Light technology will help transfer and integrate increased volumes of wind power over more than 885 km (550 miles) into the regional power grid. This will increase the availability of sustainable energy for homes and businesses throughout the region when the link is operational by 2025. EnCompass is Hitachi Energy’s portfolio of partnership-oriented service offerings.
SunZia Wind will have a total power capacity of 3,515 MW, enough clean, renewable electricity to provide power to approximately three million Americans, upon completion. The HVDC link will transmit up to 3,000 MW of this power west to Arizona.
“The SunZia transmission and Wind projects provide a roadmap to accelerate the transition to renewable energy,” said Paul Haberlein, VP of Operational Excellence at Pattern Energy. “SunZia will play a vital role in delivering clean and sustainable energy to Western states and Pattern selected Hitachi Energy as our partner to engineer, manufacture and maintain the HVDC converter stations after they enter operation.”
