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Appears in 5 stories · Last updated Nov 9, 2026

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BAM wins southern converter station for Eastern Green Link 3

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Delivery partner for EGL3 converter stations

BAM UK & Ireland will build the southern converter station for Eastern Green Link 3, a 2-gigawatt electricity link planned between Peterhead in Aberdeenshire and Walpole in Norfolk. National Grid awarded the contract on 9 November. BAM already holds the early works deal for the northern converter station near Peterhead.

Updated 2 hours ago

Construction starts on Marinus Link undersea power cable between Tasmania and Victoria

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Supplying grid-forming HVDC technology for the converter stations

Officials turned the first sod at Heybridge, Tasmania, on October 2, starting major construction on the 750-megawatt first stage of Marinus Link. The cable will run 255 kilometres under Bass Strait and about 90 kilometres underground to Victoria's Latrobe Valley, with the first stage due to operate by late 2030.

Updated Oct 20

Egypt completes its side of the Saudi power interconnection

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As of September 2026: Lead member of the implementing consortium

Egypt says its side of the $1.8 billion power line to Saudi Arabia is finished, leaving only minor tests on the Saudi end before full operation. The 1,350-kilometer link crosses the Gulf of Aqaba and can carry up to 3,000 megawatts between the two grids.

Updated Sep 28

Waratah Super Battery reaches full commercial operations after year of setbacks

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As of September 2026: Supplied power conversion systems for the Waratah battery

Australia's most powerful battery is finally running at full capacity. The 850-megawatt Waratah Super Battery reached final commercial operations on September 28, more than a year after a transformer failure cut its output in half.

Updated Sep 28

Hitachi doubles US transformer production capacity in Mississippi

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As of September 2026: Building transformer plant in Gallman, Mississippi

Hitachi Energy plans a $528 million transformer factory in Gallman, Mississippi, more than doubling its US production capacity for mid-sized power transformers. The plant, construction to begin late 2026 with production starting in 2029, will make transformers in the 10 to 160 MVA range at voltages up to 230 kV — the units that sit between transmission substations and industrial projects like data centers and semiconductor fabs. It completes a roughly $1.5 billion US manufacturing expansion, the largest in the industry.

Updated Sep 20