wiredinUSA June 2014

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Further approval for wind project Jericho Wind Inc has received a further key approval for its 92-turbinewind project in Lambton and Middlesex counties. The Ontario energy board has approved the construction of a collection substation and transmission line. The Jericho Wind Energy Centre will be connected to the Bornish customer switching station by 15.7km of 115kV line for delivery to the power grid. The environment ministry approved the 150MW wind energy project in May 2014. Construction is expected to begin in Lambton Shores, Warwick and Middlesex County during this spring.

Buried power proposal

Developers are proposing a $1.2 billion hydropower transmission line to run beneath Lake Champlain from the Canadian border to Benson and Ludlow. The New England Clean Power Link will carry 1,000MW of high voltage direct current through two plastic-covered cables and is planned to be completed by 2019. The project will be financed by investors, with charges made to electricity companies that choose to use it. Project manager Josh Bagnato said the line will diversify the energy supply in the greater New England region where the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and nearly 30 coal- and gas-fired facilities (representing over 25 percent of the area’s generation capacity) are set for closure.

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