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.