The Energy Project Developer Invenergy awarded the Quanta Services and the Kiewit Energy Group Inc. for the construction of the first phase of the first phase of the first phase of the planned 7 billion dollar grain Belt Expres transmission limit at around $ 1.7 billion.
The high-voltage direct current line (HVDC) would take over over 800 miles over Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, which bear up to 5,000 MW of electricity.
The newly assigned orders cover the work in the first 530-mile department of the project in Kansas and Missouri with a capacity of 2,500 MW. Quanta will serve as an engineering, procurement and building contractor for the lattice towers and transmission lines on the line, while Kiewit builds two converters, an Invenergy spokesman told him.
“Grain Belt Express is an important project that supports the priority of the country's energy dominance, the manufacture of retracting, leads the world in artificial intelligence and secures our power grid,” said Duke Austin, President and CEO of Quanta.
Invenergy aims to start building in 2026. The company states that there is already obligations with equipment suppliers such as Preysmian North America, Hubbell and Siemens Energy.
The corridor of the project is one of several that the US Dept. of Energy officials previously highlighted as priority projects for financing and permission, since they have had an impact on improving network reliability. As planned, Grain Belt Express would combine the mid -continent -independent system operator (MISO) and the associated Electric Cooperative Incorporated (AECI) Rast Regions with the existing and planned power generation near the connections of the line.
“Interregional transmission is the key to unleash the dominance of American energy in order to run the business of our nation and strengthen our national security,” said Michael Polsky, CEO of Invenergy.
Allow complications
While the work on the corn girdle is progressing one, phase two still confronts complications. Last August, an appellate court in Illinois decided that the Illinois Commerce Commission should not have approved part of the project in the state, since the developer did not meet a financial requirement, although the company could not install any equipment on relief ownership until it meets the requirements.
The appearance of Invenergy's Grain Belt Express has lodged against the decision against the Supreme Court against the decision against the decision, as recorded. As planned, more than 200 miles of the line would run through Illinois.