Grid

Thermal Coal

William Gumede: Strategies for a Green Economy in SA

After energy shortages caused by the Russia-Ukraine war and expanding Middle East conflict, many industrial and emerging powers have returned to the use of coal…

United States

Virginia Transformer Considers $6 Billion Sale

Transformers and power transmission lines.Virginia Transformer Corp. is exploring a sale that could value the US transformer manufacturer at more than $6 billio…

Microgrid

California Electricity Aggregator Targets Low-Income Customers With Its First Virtual Power Plant

The Clean Power Alliance (CPA), one of California’s largest Community Choice electricity aggregators and green energy suppliers, is partnering with climat…

Power Construction

Constellation Close to Acquiring Calpine for $30B in Massive Power Generation Deal

Constellation Energy is close to acquiring Calpine in what would be one of the largest ever purchases in power generation.Constellation is currently in talks wi…

Wind Power Project

UK Power Market Set to Remain Tight on Cold, Windless Weather

Britain’s power market is set to remain tight on Friday, capping a week that’s seen prices soar as temperatures plummet.Wind generation may plunge t…

Electricity Transmission

KKR and PSP to Buy AEP Transmission Stake for $2.8 Billion

American Electric Power Co. agreed to sell a minority stake in its transmission business to KKR & Co. and Canada’s PSP Investments for $2.8 billion.The in…

Wind Farm

Share of Electricity From Wind Fell Last Year as National Grid Is Not ‘Strong Enough'

Wind energy provided 41% of electricity in December, making it the second-best December on record.Ireland reached a new milestone of passing 5,000 MW of install…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Energy Chief: Estonia Must Invest in Nuclear Power for a Future-Proof Grid

The cornerstone of Estonia's economy is a reliable, clean, and affordable electricity supply, something which requires wise investment decisions from the st…

Electricity Trade

Aba Power Raises Electricity Tariffs After NERC Approval

Aba Power Limited Electric, (APLE), a Nigerian electricity distribution company, has announced a more than 50 per cent electricity tariff hike for customers wit…

Wind Power Project

Renewables Generated Nearly Half of Ireland’s Electricity in December 2024

Renewable energy sources delivered nearly half of Ireland’s electricity demand in December 2024, according to provisional data from grid operator EirGrid.…

Electricity Trade

India’s 2024 Power Output Growth Is Slowest Since Pandemic, Data Shows

Men walk past electric pylons in Little Rann of Kutch in the western Indian state of Gujarat March 2, 2014.India's electricity generation grew at its slowes…

Electricity Trade

China’s Richest Regions Cut Electricity Prices to Protect Industries

More Chinese regions are cutting electricity prices to help out their embattled industries, which is likely to worsen the squeeze on profits at power suppliers.…

Power Construction

Syria to Receive Electricity-Generating Ships From Qatar and Turkey

A view shows electricity pylons in Kiswah, Damascus suburbs, Syria September 8, 2021.DUBAI - Syria will receive two electricity-generating ships from Turkey and…

Photovoltaic （PV）

China’s Integrated Solar Power, Hydrogen and Energy Storage Project Connects to Grid

Hengtong Group announced today, on January 7, 2025, that this development marks the launch of China’s first PV project aimed at ecological remediation of tidal…

Hydrogen Project

Mining Giant to Help Build First-Of-Its-Kind SA Hydrogen Plant

A prototype of Sparc Technologies' green hydrogen plantThe first-of-its-kind pilot plant will employ a novel approach by producing green hydrogen directly f…