Con Ed energises 300-MW renewables transmission line in New york city

• A new 300-MW transmission line has actually been appointed in New York City's Queens Borough to bring electrical energy from renewable resource plants, permitting the retirement of high-polluting thermal power stations.

The six-mile-long (10 km-long) Rainey-to-Corona transmission line was energised recently, as revealed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul. It was built by Con Edison, a device people energy group Consolidated Edison Inc (NYSE: ED), to attach a substation in Rainey with one in Astoria.

The new transmission line can carry electricity to power 240,000 average-sized New york city City homes.

Rainey-to-Corona belongs to the Reliable Clean City projects, which Con Edison began in 2021 with the objective of adding 900 MW of transmission capacity across the city by 2025. The scheme will allow the retirement of fossil fuel power stations and fulfill rising demand for clean energy.

The operate in Queens accounts for USD 275 million (EUR 248,9 m) of the USD 800 million Con Edison is investing in three projects.

"With this important new transmission line, we are enhancing and also updating New york city City's electric grid and also allowing the continued growth of renewable resource," Governor Hochul said.