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'California needs $4.5bn transmission boost for floating offshore wind' – grid operator

California’s grid operator has flagged the need for $4.59 billion of new transmission lines to help ...

Grid operators plan 6GW offshore wind transmission project for New Jersey

Two grid operators have proposed building transmission infrastructure that could connect up to 6GW o...

Atlantic coast transmission network ‘will boost wind’ – DOE

An inter-regional offshore transmission network would support long-term growth of Atlantic offshore ...

US issues RfPs for $1.4 billion of transmission projects

The US Department of Energy (DOE) made two transmission requests for proposals (RfPs) totalling up t...

US coalition launches transmission buildout ‘call to action’

A coalition of business leaders, clean energy advocates and environmental organisations in the US ha...

Tribal groups sue Pattern over ‘reckless’ transmission line for wind mega project

SunZia Transmission is a “reckless” project that should be re-routed to be less harmful to Native Am...

California 'needs port and grid boost to hit offshore wind goals'

California must invest in a multi-port strategy and new electricity transmission system to reach its...

Seatrium suffers NY offshore wind substation cancellation blow

A $250 million contract awarded to Singapore’s Seatrium for the offshore substation (OSS) platform f...

Pattern closes ‘groundbreaking’ $11bn financing deal for SunZia

Pattern Energy has closed an $11 billion non-recourse financing and begun full construction of SunZi...

Invenergy acquires 3.6GW New Jersey offshore wind transmission project

Invenergy has announced the formation of Jersey Link, a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmiss...

Report: ‘Zombie’ projects causing grid queues but US regulators removing roadblocks

Grid connection delays in the US remain severe but “the stars may finally be aligning” to enable sig...

SunZia transmission line works halted after ‘urgent request’ from indigenous group

The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has ordered work to stop on part...

US announces $1.3bn transmission boost amid ‘pressing need’ for new infrastructure

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a commitment of up to $1.3 billion (€1.2bn) in three...

‘Significant blow’ for New York offshore wind as governor vetoes grid act

New York governor Kathy Hochul has dealt the state’s offshore wind ambitions a “significant blow” af...

Industry welcomes US offshore wind transmission action plan

The US offshore wind industry has welcomed the release of a federal transmission action plan aiming ...

Approval secured for US multistate 5GW transmission line

Invenergy Transmission’s 5GW Grain Belt Express transmission line transporting electricity from wind...

Exclusive: Avangrid-Navajo renewables venture could ‘change narrative’ for indigenous lands

The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) is aiming to reverse decades of energy inequity on its la...

Con Edison breaks ground on 1.5GW NY offshore wind gateway

Con Edison has broken ground on the Brooklyn Clean Energy Hub, a transmission substation that will s...

Report urges policy reform to deliver US transmission projects that connect wind and solar

Only less than half of the shovel-ready high-voltage transmission projects in the US are likely to s...

Massachusetts approves ending of ‘unviable’ offshore wind PPA

Regulators in Massachusetts have approved the ending of the power purchase agreement (PPA) between U...