Tres Amigas LLC, the U.S.-based national grid interconnection project known as the Tres Amigas SuperStation, announced today that Mitsui & Co., Ltd., a global trading, IT and industrial infrastructure services company, has agreed to invest $12 million. In exchange, Mitsui will obtain an equity position and actively participate.   Read More...

Developers of the proposed Tres Amigas Superstation project to link all three U.S. electricity grids - and thereby enable dramatically expanded renewable energy markets - are aiming to submit critical filings with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission later this year, including a first "anchor" customer contract, according to the project's FERC counsel, an indication that the project is advancing toward key milestones.   Read More...

Alstom Grid today announced it has been awarded a contract worth approximately $200 million by Tres Amigas, LLC to deliver High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter and automation technology, as well as high availability system maintenance services, for the first stage of the Tres Amigas "SuperStation" project located in the U.S. state of New Mexico.   Read More...

Tres Amigas, LLC today announced the appointment of Peter Esposito as the company's Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Esposito has over 30 years of experience in the energy industry.   Read More...

POWER Engineers has been awarded a contract by Tres Amigas, LLC to perform engineering services for the Tres Amigas SuperStation. POWER Engineers will serve as the Owner's Engineer for the project and provide a wide range of engineering support to design, specify and manage the engineering activities for the project.   Read More...

Tres Amigas, LLC (Tres Amigas) and Foundation Fuel, LLC (Foundation Fuel) today announced that they have entered into an Agreement to jointly develop technical and operational strategies to firm renewable energy sources by deploying clean, gas-fired power as a back-up.  Read More...

Alstom Grid and Tres Amigas LLC have jointly announced that Alstom Grid has been selected to provide their HVDC converter technology for the Tres Amigas SuperStation, a first-of-its kind power transmission hub that will link America's three primary electric transmission grids.   Read More...

ZGlobal Inc. today announced that it has been selected to provide staffing and support services to Tres Amigas, LLC to perform the core functions of transmission planning. Under the terms of the agreement, ZGlobal will serve as the virtual planning department of Tres Amigas.   Read More...

Burns & McDonnell and Tres Amigas, LLC today announced that Burns & McDonnell has been selected to provide engineering design and development support services for the Tres Amigas SuperStation, a first-of-its-kind power transmission hub that will link America's three primary electric transmission grids - the Eastern (Southwest Power Pool), Western (Western Electricity Coordinating Council) and Texas (Electric Reliability Council Of Texas) Interconnections.   Read More...

Xtreme Power, provider of Dynamic Power Resources™ (DPRs) for utility-scale power management and energy storage systems, today announced the company has been chosen as the storage provider for the Tres Amigas SuperStation. Tres Amigas LLC, a merchant transmission company, is providing the first common interconnection of America's three power grids.   Read More...

Tres Amigas, LLC, a merchant transmission company, and CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm, today announced that CH2M HILL has received a contract to provide program management services for building the Tres Amigas SuperStation in Clovis, New Mexico.   Read More...

Tres Amigas, LLC today announced the appointment of Mr. David Stidham as the company's Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Stidham is a noted engineer with experience in electric utility transmission and distribution system design, as well as utility operations and regulatory affairs.  Read More...

Tres Amigas, LLC, a merchant transmission company focused on uniting America’s power grids, today announced the selection of Viridity Energy, Inc. to design, build and operate the power trading platform for the Tres Amigas SuperStation.   Read More...

Tres Amigas, LLC today announced the appointment of Mr. Frank Barbera as the company's Director of Reliability Assurance. Mr. Barbera, 60, is an electric utility industry veteran with over three decades of hands-on management experience...   Read More...

Tres Amigas, LLC today announced that it received responses at a hearing on March 18, 2010 on the regulatory filings it submitted with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding the Tres Amigas SuperStation.   Read More...

Tres Amigas, LLC today announced that it has submitted filings with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting regulatory approvals needed to move forward with the Tres Amigas SuperStation, America's first renewable energy transmission hub.   Read More...

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global energy technologies company, today announced that Superconductor Electricity Pipelines have been chosen for The Tres Amigas Project, the nation's first renewable energy market hub.   Read More...

Commissioner of Public Lands Patrick Lyons today signed an agreement that by 2014 would move renewable energy unobstructed through the South-Central United States, 14 Western states, Alberta and British Columbia, and the northern tip of Baja California, Mexico.   Read More...