National Grid and Anbaric announced that they have formed the Green Line Infrastructure Alliance to construct transmission to import wind and hydropower to Massachusetts.

"The alliance will work to develop large-scale, high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission projects that combine wind and hydropower to address regional energy issues that are critical to policymakers and energy consumers such as rising prices, declining fuel diversity and the need for more renewable energy," the companies said.

Green Line Infrastructure Alliance initially will develop the Maine Green Line – a hybrid land-and-sea HVDC project that will initially transmit 1,000MW (expandable to 2,000MW) of wind from northern Maine, firmed up by imports of hydropower from eastern Canada, via a submarine cable to Massachusetts. Maine-based constructor Cianbro Development Corporation also will be part of this project.

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