GE’s FACTS to Help Los Angeles Renewable Energy Goals
Strategic Research Institute
Published on :
20 Sep, 2022, 5:30 am
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has been contracted to provide its unique and innovative Flexible AC Transmission Systems to help the City of Los Angeles in California meet its renewable energy goals. As the primary technology subcontractor on the USD 75-million project led by Beta Engineering California, GE will provide four new Fixed Series Capacitor systems at two Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (switching stations.
The new FSC banks will add 475 MW of capacity, allowing for more stable renewable energy use as part of LA’s Green New Deal to transition to 100% renewable energy. The work is expected to be substantially completed within the next two and a half years.
Located in southeast California and Nevada up to the Colorado River, the set of 14 high voltage (230 kV and 500 kV) alternating current transmission lines known as the WOR Path 46 have a total capacity of 10.6 GW. Shared by many utilities, including LADWP, the lines’ capacity comes from many different sources, such as hydroelectric dams and, more recently, utility-scale solar and wind plants.