wiredinUSA August 2013

Power line to Hurley

Wind power line

Iberdrola USA, the parent company of New York State Electric & Gas and other utilities in the Northeast, is proposing to build a 53-mile transmission line from New Scotland, near Albany, to Hurley in Ulster County. The line is intended to help reduce congestion on the state’s electrical grid, and improve the energy flow downstate into New York City and Long Island. The proposed line will run along the New York State Thruway corridor for 42 miles, and will be laid underground to protect Hudson River and Catskill Mountain views. Iberdrola’s plans were filed in response to the New York Power Authority’s request for proposals to address the potential closure of the Indian Point power plant in Buchanan. Licenses for the 2,000MW nuclear plant will expire by 2015.

The Chilean wind power developer, AM Eolica Sarco, is planning to build a $25 million power transmission line in the Atacama region to connect its planned 240MW plant to the local network. The 40-mile 220kV line will reach from the Sarco area to the Maitencillo substation, which is part of SIC, Chile’s central power grid. The design of the line will allow for electricity from other, future, wind farms in the area, AM Eolica said. The firm is linked to Mainstream Renewable Power, based in Ireland.

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