$11B SunZia transmission line now operational, delivering 3,000 MW of wind power from New Mexico to Southwest US
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Michelle Lewis
7d ago· 4 min readenNews
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The $11 billion SunZia wind-and-transmission project, one of the largest US clean energy infrastructure projects ever built, is now fully operational. Pattern Energy and Hitachi Energy announced the 550-mile high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line is carrying renewable electricity from New Mexico to customers across the Southwest. The line can move up to 3,000 MW of power from the SunZia Wind project, enough to serve approximately 1 million homes.
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bsky$11B SunZia transmission line now operational, delivering 3,000 MW of wind power from New Mexico to Southwest USelectrek.coKey quotes
· 3 pulledSunZia, an $11 billion wind-and-power-line project and one of the largest US clean energy transmission projects ever built, is officially online.
Pattern Energy and Hitachi Energy announced that the SunZia Transmission line is now fully operational, carrying renewable electricity from New Mexico to customers across the Southwest.
The 550-mile high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line can move up to 3,000 megawatts (MW) of power from the SunZia Wind project in New Mexico to Arizona and customers across the western grid.
The $11B SunZia project's 550-mile transmission line is now fully online, delivering enough New Mexico wind power to serve 1 million homes.
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