Bechtel, Alstom hired for NJ link

An Alstom-designed substation at Robin Rigg

An Alstom-designed substation at Robin Rigg

Google-backed Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) has hired Bechtel as engineering, procurement and construction contractor and Alstom as transmission “advisor” for the first phase of its mega-grids project off the coast of New Jersey.

Earlier this week the AWC consortium, which is led by transmission company Trans-Elect, and counts Google, Japan’s Marubeni and Belgian grid operator Elia among its early sponsors, confirmed that the first 3GW section will be sited off the coast of New Jersey.

The project will be built over three phases, with construction at the first slated to run from 2016-2019.

For the first phase, Bechtel, a major EPC player in the US wind and solar space, and a growing presence in European renewables, will design and install…

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