#transmission line

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has approved an electric reliability transmission line rebuild here in Northeast Wisconsin.

Mississippi: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is considering improvements to its transmission system that would increase power reliability in parts of Winston and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi.

Missouri, USA: A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday gave approval to the state’s portion of a controversial wind power transmission line that would provide energy from the Midwest to a power grid for eastern states.

Finalnd: Eltel’s Power business in Finland has signed an agreement with Fingrid, Finland’s national transmission system operator, to build a 45 km long 400 +110 kV power transmission line in the Oulu region.

US: The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has issued a Record of Decision approving the 500 kV transmission line by DCR Transmission LLC that will connect existing substations near Tonopah, Arizona, and Blythe, California.

Peru: A planned new transmission line is expected to produce around $20 M in savings initially each year for Chilean and Peruvian grids, a figure that would edge up and eventually reach $50 M per year in savings.

Peru: Studies are scheduled to begin in the coming months into the planned power interconnection between Ecuador and Peru which have been laying the groundwork for the potential link.

Argentina: The Argentinian government unveiled several new projects to boost the country’s transmission capacity.

Virginia, US: The Virginia State Corporation Commission gave the go-ahead to Appalachian Power for the Glendale Area Improvements Project in Carroll and Wythe counties in Virginia.

The New York State Public Service Commission has approved PSEG Long Island’s request to build and operate the Western Nassau transmission project, a 11 km transmission line.

Iraq on Sunday signed a landmark deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council for a 300 km transmission line that would run from Kuwait to Iraq’s southern port of Faw and be financed by the GCC.

Canada: Hydro One, with Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation announced the completion of the Niagara Reinforcement Line.

Australia: Queensland government pledged to tip $132 M into construction of a transmission line, which will link the renewables hub with the main grid.

Brazil: French renewable power producer Voltalia SA expects its newly finished 2 GW transmission line in Brazil to be hooked to the grid shortly.

US: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has identified a preferred route for a new transmission line that would diversify the power flow to increase power reliability in the Memphis metro area.

State utility regulators approved plans for a massive transmission line across central and southwestern Wisconsin that is projected to cost roughly $492 M.

Australia: The substation and transmission line for Goldwind’s 144 MW Cattle Hill wind farm in Australia have been completed and energised.

Chilean president Sebastian Pinera officially inaugurated the 753 km Cardones-Polpaico transmission line that will enable the transport of renewable energy from the regions in the north to consumer points in Chile’s south.

US, Texas; Entergy Texas has opened its China-Stowell Transmission Project — a new 40 km (25 miles), 230 kV transmission line crossing Southeast Texas.

Delaware officials joined LS Power and subsidiary Silver Run Electric to watch crews as they are preparing to bury a 230 kV transmission line under the river.

El Sewedy Electric Company announced that its subsidiary signed a contract worth $26 M to set up a transformer station and a transmission line for Al-Canal Sugar Company.

The project, proposed by Dodge County Wind would generate up to 170 MW of electric energy and deliver it to the Byron substation via a 345 kV transmission line.

Serbian power system operator Elektromreza Srbije plans to invest $3.8 M in the construction of a 110 kV transmission line in Krusevac.

Argentina is on the lookout for builders and operators of a 500 kV transmission line meant improve the national grid ahead of a planned renewable energy boom.