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Yahoo
15-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Transmission project open houses set for June 18 and 19 in Litchfield, Hutchinson
Jun. 15---- will be hosting transmission project open houses in Litchfield and Hutchinson on Wednesday and Thursday, June 18 and 19, regarding the proposal to construct 70 miles of 115-kilovolt transmission line between Litchfield, and . The transmission line is a joint effort between Great River Energy, Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, City of Litchfield and Hutchinson Municipal Utilities to enhance reliability and allow for additional load growth throughout the project area and beyond, according to a news release from Great River Energy. Interested property owners and community members are welcome to attend the open houses to learn more about the project. The open houses on both days will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. The open houses in Litchfield on Wednesday will take place at the Litchfield Opera House and the open houses in Hutchinson on Thursday will take place at the McLeod County Fairgrounds. Approximately 50 miles of the proposed route will overtake and replace existing 69-kilovolt transmission lines that were built in the 1950s with the new 115-kilovolt transmission line, according to the news release. Approximately 20 miles of the new 115-kilovolt transmission line will be constructed in new right-of-way. Increasing the voltage and rebuilding to modern construction standards will enhance the area's power supply and reliability, while providing for future growth, according to Great River Energy's senior field representative Dale Aukee. "The open house is an opportunity for property owners and community members to get information about the project and ask any questions they have," Aukee said. "Property owners along the line may contact us at their convenience to discuss the project." There will not be a formal presentation given at the open houses, and interested individuals are invited to attend the one that fits best in their schedule. A fact sheet, which includes a detailed map, can be found at .
Bloomberg
13-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
State Grid, GEB in Talks to Buy Brookfield's Brazil Power Line
State Grid Corp. of China and Grupo Energia Bogota are in talks to acquire a power line from Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. in Brazil, according to people familiar with the matter. The firms are in talks to buy the Mantiqueira power line from Brookfield's Quantum Participacoes SA, said the people, who asked not to be named as the negotiations are private. The discussions are in early stages and may not result in a deal, the people said.
BBC News
09-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Controversial Skye to Fort Augustus powerline revamp approved
Controversial plans to upgrade 99 miles (160km) of overhead powerline in the Highlands have been approved by the Scottish Transmission said its line from Ardmore, near Portree on Skye, to Fort Augustus on the shores of Loch Ness was reaching the end of its operational £480m revamp includes burying nine miles (15km) of cable underground to avoid spoiling views of Skye's Cuillin Council objected to the project in 2023 because of concerns about the impact on other landscapes, while campaigners said they were "deeply disappointed" it had now been given the go-ahead. SSEN Transmission said the green light from the Scottish government, known as Section 37 consent, was the last hurdle in the planning process for its Skye Reinforcement project. The existing power line was constructed in three sections between 1956 and Transmission said the new line would have greater capacity and could take power from new renewable director Rob McDonald said: "The Skye Reinforcement project is crucial to maintaining local network reliability and will play an important role in helping the UK achieve its energy security and clean power ambitions."This project and our wider investment programme will also be a major driver of jobs and economic growth locally and across the north of Scotland, bringing substantial opportunities for communities and businesses."The Scottish government said the replacement would lead to an increase in renewable energy provision, and protect the security of electricity supply to about 32,000 homes and businesses. But Skye Wind Farm Information Group said Highland Council's opposition to the revamp should have triggered a public Dr Andrew Robinson said: "Instead, planning consent has been given and the council's objection ignored. "This is a failure of democracy."The group said the project would require new electricity towers, and two "giant" substations at Edinbane and Broadford on said large camps to house construction workers would also be created near Robinson added: "Other options to build a smaller scale line, replacing the existing infrastructure and allowing some extra capacity for smaller-scale, community-owned wind farms were never properly considered."He said the group might look into seeking a judicial review, a legal process where a judge looks at a decision made by a public Council said it would not be appropriate for it to and Islands Conservative MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston accused the Scottish government of "riding roughshod" over local democracy to meet renewables targets. SSEN Transmission said new steel electricity towers would be needed on about 68 miles (110km) of the route between Fort Augustus and poles would carry the line from Edinbane to Transmission - which is responsible for the electricity network in the north of Scotland - said an overhead line at Kylerhea in Skye, to the mainland would be replaced and closely follow the route of the existing overhead at Broadford and Edinbane in Skye would be Cuillins are one of the best-known mountain landscapes in Cuillin Ridge is described in climbing as one of Europe's best mountaineering is seven miles (11km) long and its summits include 11 Munros - which are peaks over 914m (3,000ft).
CBC
07-06-2025
- Business
- CBC
Is the Yukon's ambitious plan to connect to B.C.'s power grid even a good idea?
It's big, bold and expensive: just the kind of project that would appear to meet the moment for Prime Minister Mark Carney's call for nation-building projects from Canada's premiers. Late last month, the Yukon and B.C governments signed a memorandum pledging to work together to study the idea of a 765-kilometre power line that would connect the territory to the rest of the North American power grid. Ottawa is putting up $40 million to help fund a feasibility study. And earlier this week, Pillai lobbied both his fellow premiers and federal cabinet ministers for infrastructure money, including for the grid connection. "A grid intertie between both the Yukon and British Columbia is something that is extremely expensive," Pillai acknowledged this week. "It's a major project, but it's a nation-building project." But is it a good idea? A 2016 study put the cost of a line to Iskut, B.C., at $1.7 billion. The Yukon government admits the cost has only gone up since then, but one Whitehorse engineer says he's worried officials don't fully grasp how expensive the project would actually be. John Maissan said a decade of inflation would put the cost at more than $2.1 billion today. But he said it makes more sense to calculate the growth in costs using the Handy Whitman Index, which specifically tracks the costs of electrical equipment and installation. Using that index, Maissan said the cost is likely to top $3.2 billion and even that might be a conservative estimate. And unless Ottawa is willing to to foot the entire capital cost of the project, he said, Yukon consumers could be facing major rate hikes, on top of one already before the Yukon Utilities Board. "I think right now, under present conditions, it just doesn't add up," Maissan said. The idea, from the Yukon side, is to tap into B.C.'s grid for a new supply of electricity, mostly generated by B.C. Hydro. But Maissan said it's not even clear that B.C. would have the spare power to sell. "My understanding is their renewable energy is pretty much fully committed and any surplus they might have for whatever reason typically gets sold, I believe, into California, where the electricity rates are quite a bit higher," he said. The Vancouver Sun reported Wednesday that B.C. Energy Minister Adrian Dix issued a call for private-sector projects to add baseload power to the provincial energy grid as the government also plans to shut down natural gas power plants to help meet emissions targets. The province is also trying to fast-track major projects, including critical mineral mines, which will have major power requirements. The Yukon is trying to pitch itself as a major source of critical minerals, with Pillai touting "a potential of $200 billion in mineral production." "It's about mining, it's about sustainable energy sources for the Yukon so there can be growth," he said. "There's going to be growth." Pillai denied the grid tie is related to any one single mining project. But the Casino project, a massive gold-silver-copper-molybdenum mine planned for Crown land northwest of Carmacks, will need huge amounts of power. And the $40 million for the grid tie's feasibility study came from a federal fund to promote critical mineral development. Company documents project Casino will need installed generating capacity of 200 MW. By comparison, existing capacity in the Yukon is 148 MW. Right now, Western Copper and Gold, the company behind Casino, plans to build its own power plants that would run on liquefied natural gas, with a small amount of diesel backup. Western Copper and Gold was also sure to issue a news release welcoming the $40 million for the grid tie study. "A potential future pathway to hydro grid power would be transformative, allowing the project's critical minerals to be produced while minimizing its carbon footprint," said CEO Sandeep Singh. But Casino is years away from regulatory approval, to say nothing of production. The company is expected to file its environmental and socio-economic statement to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board in July and the project is undergoing a panel review, the most exhaustive level of regulatory screening in the territory. Rosa Brown, an energy analyst with the Pembina Institute, said the sheer scale of the grid tie project might be what makes it appealing to Ottawa. "The words that are being used [are] energy security, resiliency, that sort of thing," she said. "So it definitely seems to fall under the mandate of what we're hearing from the federal government." But Maisson, the retired engineer, thinks it would make more sense for the Yukon to look after its own power needs with smaller projects like grid-scale batteries hooked to wind turbines and the waylaid Atlin hydro expansion. "The feds wouldn't have to pay for the entire cost for these projects, but helping them along could could make them economic and could keep our our electricity prices stable in the longer term," he said.
Arab News
02-06-2025
- Business
- Arab News
CASA-1000 power line project with Pakistan to be completed next year — Tajikistan minister
ISLAMABAD: Tajikistan's Deputy Minister for Energy Jamshed Shoimzoda has said a $1.2 billion Western-backed project to build a power line between Central Asia and South Asia would be completed by December next year, state news agency APP reported on Monday. The CASA-1000 project, launched in 2016, aims to allow Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, former Soviet republics with an extensive network of hydroelectric power plants, to sell excess energy to Pakistan and Afghanistan in the summer months. The project, initially meant to allow the export of electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan by 2020, has been stalled for years by turmoil in Afghanistan. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan generate most of their energy from hydropower plants built on the rivers that flow into Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan limit water release during summer due to lower power demand, angering their neighbors who need water for irrigation. The five countries have failed to reach an agreement after decades of negotiations. The new power line could smooth flows as power demand in Pakistan peaks during the summer months. 'Major energy project, CASA-1000 between Pakistan and Tajikistan, will be completed by December 2026, which will start providing 1000 MW of electricity to Pakistan,' Shoimzoda said in an interview to APP. 'This grand project will take time to be operational by January 2027, after which bilateral cooperation in the energy sector between the two countries will be further promoted and there will be a new beginning of clean and green energy projects in both countries.' Tajikistan aims to completely switch to green energy and zero emission by 2027. 'The transmission capacity of the CASA-1000 energy project will be 1,300 megawatts, which will be an energy link between Tajikistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan to provide clean energy not only to regional countries but also fill the need of Pakistan's industrial sector,' Shoimzoda said. 'Massive infrastructural projects will be beneficial for all of its stakeholders by fulfilling energy needs and strengthening regional connectivity.' Shoimzoda said Tajikistan has the capacity to export 10 billion kilowatt of energy annually, which would benefit all countries in the region, including Pakistan. Tajikistan also currently has the capacity to generate 500 billion KW of electricity, the highest among regional countries in hydel power. The minister said Tajikistan was already providing electricity to other regional countries, including Afghanistan, and in the future would create a regional energy hub, to 'usher in a new era of sustainable energy production and economic prosperity in the region.' The United States was initially involved in financing the 1,200-km-long line as part of its New Silk Road initiative to integrate Afghanistan with Central Asia. Other project sponsors have included the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank, the UK Department for International Development, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
