wiredInUSA November 2018

EDITOR

The first subsea fiber optic cable to connect Africa and South America in the southern hemisphere is now open for commercial traffic – two and a half years after construction began. Japan’s NEC Corporation began work on the $160m South Atlantic Cable System in April 2016, on behalf of operator Angola Cables. The 6,200km cable directly links Fortaleza, Brazil, with Angolan capital Luanda, and increases speed in large capacity international data transmissions from Africa to the Americas five-fold. The full story can be found on page 9. Work has begun on a new 2.4MW solar power project on behalf of a Fortune Global 500 company. US company Solar Alliance Energy Inc has started the project, the equivalent to building 400 residential solar systems, and construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2019. Turn to page 20 for details. Seven solar projects are planned across Hawaii to boost the state’s energy production with a total capacity of 260MW. The potential projects will be located on Oahu, Maui and Hawaii islands. Maui Electric Co is developing two projects totaling 75MW with a story capacity of 300MWh. Details on page 22.

David Bell Editor

3

wiredInUSA - November 2018