Electricity

Power Construction

SOMALIA: $150 million to Provide Electricity Access to 7 million People

The World Bank approves a $150 million loan to Somalia.

Smart Grid

Modern Protocol for the Smart Grid

Distribution System Operators and utilities in LATAM and worldwide are modernising their electricity grids to enable highly reliable efficient and secure power …

Thermal Coal

HSBC Says It will Phase out Financing of Thermal Coal by 2040

HSBC Holdings is planning to phase out the financing of coal used for generating electricity by 2040, the latest bank to commit to ending support for the greenh…

Electricity Trade

Brazil Nuclear Power Tariff to Increase 40pc in 2022

Tariffs for Brazilian nuclear power plants Angra 1 and Angra 2 will increase by 39.86pc in 2022, according to Brazilian national power regulatory agency Aneel.

Offshore Wind Power

Vattenfall Gives Go-Ahead for Vesterhav Syd and Nord Offshore Wind Farms

Vattenfall has taken the final investment decision for Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord adding 344 MW of fossil free electricity capacity to the Danish energy s…

Electricity Trade

Serbia Importing over 25% of Electricity Amid Outages Due to Snow

More than 90,000 consumers in Serbia were without electricity this morning. Almost 1.5 GW of current consumption is being covered by imports, which is unprecede…

Electricity Trade

Iran Ready to Exchange Electricity with Neighboring Countries

Iran can exchange electricity with Armenia, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkey, said Iranian Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabiyan, IRNA rep…

Carbon Emissions

Biggest Ever Renewable Energy Support Scheme Opens

The fourth round of the Contracts for Difference scheme which aims to secure 12GW of electricity capacity opens with £285 million a year funding for low-carbon…

Power Construction

EETC Invested $490m in Grid Improvements over Fiscal Year

The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company has revealed it invested over $490 million in improvements to the electrical grid during the fiscal year 2020-2021…

Electricity Transmission

India Approves ISTS Power Transmission projects worth $2.1bn

The transmission projects will enable the supply of electricity from power surplus regions to power deficit regions in the country.

Power Construction

Burundi to Get New Substation and Transmission Line

Construction engineering firm KEC International will construct the Kamanyola-Bujumbura energy transmission line and Bujumbura substation in Burundi.

Electricity Transmission

National Grid Completes Richborough Connection

National Grid has announced the completion of its Richborough Connection project, a new high-voltage electricity line between Richborough and Canterbury.

Electricity Trade

Electricity Prices in Ireland Among Dearest in Europe

Comparative study reveals cost of power in State to be lower than that in UK

Electricity Transmission

MALAWI-MOZAMBIQUE: A Power Line will Interconnect the Two Countries

The authorities of Mozambique and Malawi are officially launching the construction of a power line to interconnect the two countries.

Offshore Wind Power

Offshore could Deliver 45% of Swedish Power Needs

Offshore wind could deliver 45% of Sweden's electricity needs by 2050, according to a study commissioned by the country’s wind energy trade body and five membe…