#USA

HD Hyundai Electric Co. has completed a new storage facility for transformers at its production plant in Alabama, USA.

Ritz Instrument Transformers, Inc. is planning to build a new high-voltage instrument transformers manufacturing facility in Waynesboro, Georgia.

The DOE announced 20 projects across 16 states selected to receive up to $371 million to accelerate the permitting of high-voltage interstate transmission projects.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has announced that it will establish a new distribution transformer production plant in Weirton, West Virginia.

CenterPoint Energy says its crews have restored power to more than 98% of impacted customers.

The project will be the largest turbine complex in the state of New York.

The True North solar farm in Texas has produced first power, with 20 MW commissioned so far.

One of the turbines at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project has suffered blade damage.

The Italian transformer manufacturer Westrafo has announced the future opening of a new North American production facility.

Northeastern US states have signed a MOU to establish a framework for coordinating their activities to improve interregional transmission planning and development.

Dominion Energy aims to expand its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project by acquiring the Kitty Hawk North offshore wind lease area in North Carolina from Avangrid.

The company wants to transmit solar and wind energy from Kansas to other places in the Midwest.

The systems will add 340 MW/1360 MWh of additional battery storage capacity to SRP’s system.

Avangrid has commissioned 10 turbines at the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 project, making it the largest operating offshore wind project in the USA.

Eversource has received tentative approval by a Massachusetts siting board to build an underground substation.

Funding should enable development and demonstration of scalable innovative LDES solutions to connect and provide stored renewable energy to the State’s grid.

More than 1700 households were left without power in the Cambridgeport neighborhood of Harvard.

The grants are planned for funding 141 energy security projects to ensure communities have access to clean electricity.

The project aims to enhance the western electric grid and bring more than 3000 MW of renewable energy resources to consumers.

This will be done to deliver more low-cost renewable energy to customers throughout the Upper Midwest and reduce annual consumer costs.

Both projects were first awarded in 2019 as part of NYSERDA’s first offshore wind solicitation and were later re-awarded.

The line will be the USA’s first HVDC transmission connection among three regional US electric energy markets.

The selected projects will support 85 GW of capacity by 2035, including the first phase of development expected to bring offshore wind energy from the North Coast to the state grid.

The initiative focuses on the deployment of advanced conductors and grid enhancing technologies, aiming to enhance transmission capacity and efficiency.