800 mile
transmission
line in US
Energy Business Review
reports that Fluor Corporation
has signed a memorandum
of understanding with Plains
and Eastern Clean Line
(Clean Line) for a proposed
800 mile high voltage direct
current (HVDC) transmission
line. Under the MoU, Fluor
will provide development
support, preliminary
engineering, procurement
and construction services
(EPC) for the transmission
line.
The line runs from Oklahoma
to Tennessee and is currently
in the development stages.
Pike Electric Corporation
has been appointed as
the subcontractor to Fluor,
under which it will provide
initial permitting and
development support
services for the project.
Fluor and Pike will provide
the full EPC services for the
transmission line project,
upon receiving all all permits,
regulatory and financial
approvals.
The Plains & Eastern Clean
Line will will deliver 3,500MW
of power from Oklahoma,
Texas and Kansas to the
southeastern United States.
Fluor’s Power Group president
Dave Dunning said the
company continues to play
an important role in the
renewables energy space.
“We are excited to assist
Clean Line Energy with the
development of this unique
transmission line project,”
added Dunning.
Completion of the Plains
& Eastern Clean Line
transmission project is
expected to generate
an estimated $7bn of new
renewable energy projects.
The project is expected
to take several years to
fully permit and could begin
commercial operations
as early as 2017.
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