COLORADO, FLORIDA – This key partnership helps assure the TWE Project will be built with the most advanced technology.

TransWest Express has announced that thex have selected Siemens Energy Inc. to supply the high-voltage direct current transmission technology for the TransWest Express Transmission Project.

According to TransWest Express, The TWE Project is a 732-mile high-voltage interregional transmission system with HVDC and HVAC segments that will connect to the existing grid in Wyoming and Utah as well as directly to the ISO Controlled Grid in southern Nevada.

According to the company, under a Preferred Supplier Agreement signed in November, TransWest and Siemens Energy are partners on the final design, specifications and other technical elements of the HVDC converter stations to be located in Carbon County, Wyoming, and in Millard County, Utah.

“This key partnership helps assure the TWE Project will be built with the most advanced technology, will remain on schedule due to reserved manufacturing slots and resources, and will be energized in 2027,” said Bill Miller, chief executive officer for TransWest.

“The TWE Project is important new transmission infrastructure that will accelerate the incorporation of renewables onto the U.S. grid. It represents the first major use of HVDC technology in the U.S. to deliver onshore wind power and will significantly advance the nation’s net-zero goals,” said Tim Holt, member of the Executive Board of Siemens Energy.

Source:  TransWest Express