GE Energy Connections is to provide HVDC converter stations for the 720-mile Plains & Eastern Clean Line transmission project in the US.
The infrastructure project will deliver renewable energy from the Oklahoma Panhandle region to Arkansas, Tennessee, and other states in the Mid-South and South-east US.
Construction of the project is expected to begin in the second half of 2017.
The deal is GE’s first HVDC project in the US since it purchased Alstom’s energy portfolio last year.
GE Energy Connections president and chief executive Russell Stokes said: “Our exclusive agreement to provide HVDC technology for the Plains & Eastern Clean Line Project will pave the way for substantial growth in the US renewable energy industry.”
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