Wyoming's Industrial Siting Council has given green light to the TransWest Express (TWE) renewable power transmission line that will link Wyoming and Nevada.

The developer of this $3 billion project still needs to obtain some approvals from Utah and Nevada counties, expected to be secured by end-2019, and hopes to be able to launch construction of the 730-mile system next year, reports Renewables Now.

The high-voltage direct current (HVDC) TWE link, which will be able to transmit between 1.5 GW and 3 GW of renewable power, will be installed south of Rawlins and Sinclair in central Wyoming and will interconnect with the local power grid.

It will then extend to a terminal near Delta in Utah and reach the Marketplace Hub near Hoover Dam in southern Nevada, which provides interconnections to the California, Nevada and Arizona grids.

Source: Renewables Now