Intelligent Undergrounding

Taking advantage of the latest manufacturing and installation techniques of cables and splices ensures that underground systems are reliable and resilient.

Highlights

Eastern Green Link
Undersea Applications

Eastern Green Link 1 Progresses Through Ofgem’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment Framework

March 27, 2024
The project has received a provisional $2.5 billion fund to deliver a subsea energy superhighway to connect up to 2 million homes to clean energy.
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New York PSC Approves Orange and Rockland’s Underground Transmission Line

Feb. 21, 2024
The $57.8 million electric transmission project is a new 138 kilovolt underground transmission line for a distance of about 5.5 miles.
Photo by DLC.
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Duquesne Light Company Picks DNV Undergrounding Inspection Solution for Cable Safety

Jan. 26, 2024
The DNV system stood out among other submissions for its quick installation times, enhanced visibility on potential infrastructure issues and ability to be effectively applied...
Graphic by ABB.
Electric Utility Operations

ABB Breaks Ground on Albuquerque Factory for Undergrounding, Grid Hardening Gear

Dec. 19, 2023
The New Mexico facility to expand production of Elastimold cable accessory solutions for undergrounding, grid hardening and wildfire mitigation projects
Photo by Alabama Power.
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Green Valley Distribution Undergrounding Project

Nov. 27, 2023
The Southern Co. unit's Central Engineering Green Valley project achieves simpler maintenance and better reliability with undergrounding distribution lines.
Substations

SSEN Transmission And National Grid Electricity Transmission Start Work On Eastern Green Link 2 Converter Station

Jan. 12, 2024
The joint venture project will be composed of around 440 km of subsea HVDC cable connecting new converter stations planned for Peterhead and Yorkshire.
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Terna Announces Operations At 132 kV Underground Power Line In Fano

Jan. 9, 2024
The project with an investment worth $9.87 million from the company led by Giuseppina Di Foggia will increase the security and adequacy of the Mondolfo primary cabin.
National Grid
Undersea Applications

National Grid Announces Commercial Operations of Viking Link Interconnector

Jan. 3, 2024
The link has a capacity of 1.4 GW and stretches for 475 miles under land and sea to join Bicker Fen substation in Lincolnshire with Revsing substation in southern Jutland, Denmark...
Renewables

Avangrid Announces First Power from Vineyard Wind 1

Jan. 3, 2024
Power from the project interconnects to the New England grid in Barnstable, transmitted by underground cables that connect to a substation further inland on Cape Cod.