Project Updates
Neom-Yanbu HVDC Transmission Line
Credit: Neom
Type: Transmission line
Location: Saudi Arabia
First completed: July 2027
Capacity: 9GW
The Neom-Yanbu high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system is being developed by Neom’s utility company ENOWA. The project involves the development of three HVDC transmission lines of 3GW each.
Boswell Springs Wind Project
Credit: Innergex
Type: Wind farm
Location: Albany County, Wyoming, US
First completed: Q4 2024
Capacity: 330MW
The Boswell Springs wind project is being developed by Innergex Renewable Energy, a power generation company. Innergex is developing the project with an estimated investment of $576m, with construction starting in Q2 2023.
Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Plant
Credit: ThinkGeoEnergy/Wikimedia under CC 2.0 license
Type: Geothermal plant
Location: Hengill, Iceland
First completed: 2006
Capacity: 303MW electricity, 400MW thermal
Iceland’s Hellisheidi geothermal power plant is one of the world’s ten biggest geothermal power plants. It is a flash steam combined heat and power plan, approximately 11km away from the Nesjavellir geothermal power station in southwest Iceland.