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Empire State Connector, US

17th November 2017

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Name of the Project
Empire State Connector.

Location
New York, in the US.

Client
oneGRID.

Project Description
The Empire State Connector is a 1 000 MW high-voltage direct current (dc) electric transmission line connecting upstate New York with New York City.

The project will use upstate generators to deliver their renewable, ‘zero emissions’ energy and capacity directly into New York City. The route will use a submarine cable buried in the Erie canal and the Hudson river.

Energy will be collected at a converter station built near Utica. 

The energy will be converted from alternating current (ac) to dc and transmitted through two six-inch-diameter nonfluidised solid-state cables over 418 km directly into the heart of New York City. 

The energy will be reconverted to ac and injected into the grid.

The project’s cables will be primarily be routed underwater in the Erie canal and the Hudson river and underground, where necessary, so that the project will have no visual impact. 

Once buried, the two 6ʺ cables have a low environmental impact.

Potential Job Creation
The project is expected to create more than 500 construction jobs and 1 200 indirect jobs.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
The target in-service date for the project is 2021/22.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Too early to state.

Contact Details for Project Information
OneGRID, email info@onegridcorp.com.
Empire State Connector Corp, Steven Sullivan, tel +1 518 587 5995 or email sullivan@powerny.com.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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