Project Update
Current status of key electric power transmission projects
North America
Latin America
Asia Pacific
Europe
Middle East & Africa
North America
Grand Isle Intertie Project, US
May 1, 2013The Grand Isle Intertie (GII) project entails the construction of a 34 mile (55 km) long, 230 kV phase angle regulator (PAR) transmission line from Plattsburg in New York to Burlington in Vermont.
Shipe Road–Kings River Project, US
May 1, 2013The project entails the construction of the Kings River substation near Berryville in Carroll County, Arkansas, and a 48 mile (77.7 km), 345 kV transmission line from the under construction Shipe Road substation near Centerton in Benton County to the proposed Kings River substation.
Quarry–Seidersville Transmission Line, US
May 1, 2013The proposed line is part of the USD1 billion effort to reduce power outages during major storms.
Elm Creek–Summit Transmission Line Project, US
April 1, 2013The Elm Creek–Summit transmission line project aims to improve the reliability of the high voltage grid in central Kansas.
Latin America
Curibamba Hydro Power Plant–Oroya Nueva Transmission Project, Peru
May 1, 2013The project includes the construction of a 114 km, 220 kV transmission line to connect Edegel’s 188 MW Curibamba hydropower plant (HPP) with Peru’s National Interconnected System (SEIN) via the existing Oroya substation.
Domeyko–Maitencillo Transmisison Line, Chile
May 1, 2013The project entails the construction of a 55 km, 220 kV double-circuit transmission line from the proposed Domeyko substation to the existing Maitencillo substation.
Tarucani Hydropower Plant Transmission Line, Peru
May 1, 2013The Tarucani Hydropower Plant (HPP) transmission line project involves the construction of a 58.4-km, 138 kV transmission line connecting the 49 MW HPP in Arequipa to the Majes substation.
Plan de Expansión del Sistema de Transporte 2008–2018, Guatemala
May 1, 2013The Plan de Expansión del Sistema de Transporte (PET) 2008–2018 or the transmission expansion plan is the second part of Comisión Nacional de Energia Eléctrica’s (CNEE) two-part expansion plan for Guatemala’s electric system.
Asia Pacific
Uttarakhand Power Sector Investment Program, India
May 1, 2013The project is divided into four tranches and is scheduled to be completed by December 31, 2013.
Tuguegarao–Lal-lo Transmission Line, Philippines
May 1, 2013The PHP2.4 billion project is part of the North Luzon 230 kV transmission loop and entails the construction of a 230 kV Lal-lo substation and a 64 km long, 230 kV double-circuit transmission line from the Tuguegarao substation to the proposed Lal-lo (Magapit) substation in the Cagayan province.
Southern Panay Backbone Transmission Project, Philippines
May 1, 2013The project is part of the Panay Transmission Backbone Project included in NGCP’s 2010 Transmission Development Plan.
Power Transmission Expansion and Connectivity Project, Afghanistan
May 1, 2013The Power Transmission Expansion and Connectivity Project (PTEC) will expand and improve Afghanistan’s electric transmission system.
Europe
Dounreay–Beauly Project, United Kingdom
May 1, 2013The project was aimed at reinforcing the existing 153 km, 275 kV transmission line between Dounreay near Thurso and Beauly near Inverness.
Stockholms Ström project, Sweden
May 1, 2013The Stockholms Ström is a collaborative project between SvK, Vattenfall AB and Fortum to strengthen and renew power supply in the Stockholm region.
1,000 MW Russia–Finland High Voltage Direct Current
May 1, 2013The project entails the construction of a 1,000 MW high voltage direct current (HVDC) submarine power link from Kernovo near Sosnovy Bor in Leningrad Oblast to a point close to Vyborg near the Russia–Finland border.
Rostov NPP–Tikhoretskaya No 2 Transmission Line Project, Russia
April 1, 2013The project entails the construction of a 239-km long, 500 kV overhead line from the Rostov nuclear power plant (NPP) to the 500 kV Tikhoretskaya substation.
Middle East & Africa
Lusaka South MFEZ Transmission Project, Zambia
May 1, 2013The project entails the construction of a 330 kV Lusaka South multi-facility economic zone (MFEZ) transmission line and a 330/33 kV substation.
Gilgel Gibe III–Addis Ababa 400 kV Power Transmission Project, Ethiopia
April 1, 2013The project entails the construction of a 400 kV transmission line to transfer power from the Gilgel Gibe III hydropower project (HPP) to the Ethiopian national grid.
Egypt–Saudi Arabia Grid Interconnection
February 1, 2013The USD2 billion project entails construction of a 1,400 km, 500 kV multi-terminal high voltage direct current (HVDC) link between the proposed 500 kV Badr substation in Egypt to the 380 kV Medina East substation in Saudi Arabia.
Mombasa–Nairobi Transmission Line Project, Kenya
February 1, 2013KETRACO proposed to build a EUR314 million project consisting of a 400 kV double-circuit transmission line between Mombasa and Nairobi.