Hitachi Energy reports that it has entered into a multi-year agreement to provide high-voltage cable for what will be a record-sized U.S. project.

A press release said that Hitachi Energy will suppy Pattern Energy for its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technologies for the SunZia Transmission Project. The link will connect the 3,515-megawatt (MW) SunZia Wind project in New Mexico to Arizona and Western states, which when completed will be one of the world’s largest transmission links delivering renewable energy.

Hitachi Energy will provide its HVDC Light® technology that is designed to efficiently transfer and integrate huge volumes of wind power. The project will stretch more than 885 km into the regional power grid. When complete, SunZia Wind will have a total power capacity of 3,515 MW, enough clean, renewable electricity to provide power to approximately three million Americans. The HVDC link will transmit up to 3,000 MW of this power to Arizona. The HVDC Light system will be the largest voltage source converter (VSC) installation in the United States.

Pattern Energy is one of the world’s largest privately owned developers and operators of renewable energy and transmission projects. Multi-year agreement provides service solutions to the SunZia Transmission Project, linking New Mexico’s wind farms to Arizona’s grid, increasing renewable energy to Western States.