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PowerGrid Technology

UK Power Networks Trial World’s Fastest Circuit Breakers

Cable maintenance company UK Power Networks is trialling what it calls “the world’s fastest circuit breakers” in London.

Rwanda Secures $214 mln China Loan for Hydropower Plant

Rwanda secured a $214 million loan from China’s Export-Import Bank (EximBank)to build a new 43.5 megawatts hydropower plant that will help it reduce reliance o…

Energy storage technology

The Best Battery for Grid Level Energy Storage

A new paper published by researchers at China’s Tianjin University examines the state of the art in grid level energy storage, outlining the pros and cons of v…

Solar Power Plant

Andalusia Adds 1.1 GW of Renewables in 2019, Solar Dominates

The Spanish region of Andalusia connected to the grid 26 renewable energy power plants in 2019, or 1,112 MW of capacity, the Andalusian Energy Agency said Thurs…

Power Construction

China to Ensure Power Supply in Battle Against Epidemic

China will step up efforts to secure the power supply of medical institutions, quarantine areas and firms making or transporting medical supplies to combat the …

Power Construction

New York Announces $341m Funding to Rebuild Transmission Lines

The Government of New York has announced a funding of $341m to rebuild an 86-mile stretch of ageing Moses-Adirondack transmission lines.

Electricity Transmission

Xcel Energy, eSmart and EDM Use AI for Transmission Grid Inspection

Xcel Energy, eSmart Systems and EDM International have announced an artificial intelligence (AI)-based collaborative intelligence project to transform the inspe…

Smart Grid

Öresundskraft Implement Smart Cable Technology in Swedish Grid

Swedish energy company Öresundskraft has partnered with DNV GL, a Norway-based classification and technical services provider, to monitor sections of its power…

Energy Storage Battery

Queensland Backs New Mega-Battery to Help Power Grid

Queensland will get its biggest battery system to help back up its rapid growth in solar and wind power thanks to a 15-year deal involving retailing giant AGL E…

Smart Grid

The Electricity Grid Of The Future is Being Built Here

A Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi last week displayed the whole universe of systems and technologies that will be required for a post-carbon world.

Installing A Solar-and-hydrogen Demonstration Microgrid

Horizon Power is investigating the possibility of installing a solar-and-hydrogen demonstration microgrid in the coastal town of Denham.

Solar Power Plant

Turkish Solar reaches 6 GW

The nation deployed around 923 MW of new solar last year. Around 350 MW came in the form of unlicensed projects given an extension to their grid-connection dead…

Electricity Transmission

China Xinjiang Transmits Record High of Electricity to Grid in 2019

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region transmitted more than 71.24 billion kilowatt hours of electricity to the national grid in 2019, up 1.4 times …

Solar Power Plant

Off-Grid African Solar could Offer Opportunities Worth $24bn Per Year

That’s the prediction from Kleos Advisory, which in a new report stresses the importance of harnessing the potential of the continent and strengthening ties wi…

Seeking Innovative Off-grid Solutions

Tenders are invited for Off-grid Energy Challenge 2020, Seeking innovative off-grid solutions to power up underserved areas in Nigeria.