New report identifies 3 shovel-ready transmission projects in Arizona
USA, Arizona, Phoenix: A new report released today identifies 22 shovel ready, high-voltage transmission projects, including three in Arizona.
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USA, Arizona, Phoenix: A new report released today identifies 22 shovel ready, high-voltage transmission projects, including three in Arizona.
If constructed, they would create approximately 1,240,000 American jobs and lead to 60,000 MW of new renewable energy capacity, increasing America’s wind and solar generation by nearly 50 %. The report, Transmission Projects Ready to Go: Plugging into America’s Untapped Renewable Resources, produced by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) as part of the Macro Grid Initiative, outlines how these projects could begin construction soon if more workable transmission policies are enacted.
“Transmission may be the purest form of ‘infrastructure’ in a modern economy. The backbone transmission network supports all types of electricity production, and electricity supports every aspect of modern life, including increasingly transportation and all forms of commerce,” says Rob Gramlich, Executive Director of Americans for a Clean Energy Grid.
The three projects in Arizona that were identified are:
- The Ten West Link project would build a new 183 km (114 mi) transmission line connecting electrical substations in Arizona and California, facilitating the development of new renewable energy and energy storage resources in both states.
- The Southline Transmission Projectwould build a new 386 km (240 mi) line between New Mexico and Arizona, and also upgrade 193 km (120 mi) of existing Western Area Power Administration transmission lines.
- The SunZia Southwest Transmission Projectconsists of two bi-directional, 500 kV electric transmission lines and substations that will transport energy 885 km (550 mi) from New Mexico to customers in Arizona and markets across the Desert Southwest.
Source: AZ Big Media