#transmission line

Nepal, Kathmandu: New Modi (Parbat)-Laha Chowk (Kaski) 132 kV double circuit transmission line has been commissioned.

India, Mumbai: India’s conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced winning major orders in the Gulf region.

Burundi: Construction engineering firm KEC International will construct the Kamanyola-Bujumbura energy transmission line and Bujumbura substation in Burundi.

Dubai, UAE: One of Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T’s) units – L&T Construction – has won a batch of orders in India and abroad for its businesses.

Africa: Various developments have been made in energising lines and accelerating electricity access for the TRANSCO CLSG member countries.

Pakistan, Islamabad: The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has started construction of 75 km-long 500 kV double circuit transmission line.

The  Samundratar-Trishuli 3B Hub transmission line and substation was inaugurated on 3 July.

Chile, Santiago: Chile’s environmental evaluation service SEA has approved construction of a $140 M transmission line.

Finland, Fingrid Oyj, a Finnish transmission system operator, is modernizing approximately 112 km of 110-kV power lines and two substations in North Karelia.

Indiana, Indianapolis: American Electric Power’s Indiana Michigan Power on March 2 said that it plans to upgrade the electric transmission grid.

USA, New York: The New York State Public Service Commission recently approved the New York Energy Solution Project.

The construction of the 220 KV Dana-Khurkot substation and transmission line under the Kaligandaki corridor has been completed in Myagdi.

Land acquisition to construct a transmission line for Nepal’s largest hydropower project, Arun-III, has been initiated from Dhanusha.

Bolivia’s state power transmission company Ende Transmisión has launched bidding to develop the 500/230 kV Las Brechas substation.

Xcel Energy completed a 3-year-long effort to build a 386 km superhighway for high-voltage electricity transmission between W Texas and SE New Mexico.

China: Extra high voltage direct current (EHVDC) electric power transmission line ran through southwest China on 14 May, after two years of construction.

Armenia, Yerevan: The construction works of the 3rd Armenia − Iran power transmission line is expected to be completed in 2020.

Cameroon plans to construct an electricity transmission line from Nachtigal hydroelectric plant to Bafoussam, which will connect to Nigeria.

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.