Grid

Berlin power outage hits 45,000 homes after suspected arson attack

Tens of thousands of homes in Berlin will be without electricity until Thursday as authorities struggle to repair power cables seriously damaged in a suspected …

Slovenia's net electricity output falls 2% y/y in Nov

Compared with the previous month, net electricity output increased 63%, the statistical office said in a statement, citing provisional data on Monday.In Novembe…

HVDC

China Cable Engineering Co., Ltd. Secures Full Lifecycle Maintenance Project for High-Voltage Cables in Kuwait

In December 2025, China Cable Engineering Co., Ltd. officially signed two contracts with the Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water. The company will be respo…

Power Construction

ACCIONA Energía Starts Renewable Supply From Logrosan Plant in Caceres

ACCIONA Energía has begun supplying renewable energy to the grid from its Logrosán biomass plant in Cáceres, Spain.ACCIONA Energía w…

Power Construction

Shanghai Electric Begins Power Plants Upgrade Project in Iraq

Shanghai Electric has begun construction on the Euphrates combined-cycle power plant extension project in Iraq, adding 625 MW of capacity and increasing overall…

Electricity Transmission

SSE’s Transmission Arm Secures $1.34 Billion UK-Backed Facility for Scotland Power Grid

SSEN Transmission, primarily owned by SSE Plc (SSE.L), has obtained a £1 billion($1.34 billion) 12-year bank facility to fund significant electricity grid…

HVDC

Xizang’s First Ultra-High Voltage Power Link Begins Operations

A converter station situated at an elevation of 3,720 meters successfully completed a 168-hour trial operation on Thursday. This achievement marks the commencem…

Electricity Transmission

Hitachi Energy Secures SSEN Transmission Contract for HV DC Converter Stations

Hitachi Energy has obtained contracts from SSEN Transmission to provide high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations for two significant subsea cable c…

Electricity Transmission

KETRACO Signs PPP for Two High-Voltage Electricity Transmission Lines in Kenya

The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) has signed a public-private partnership agreement valued at $311 million with a consortium formed by Africa…

Electricity Transmission

Kenya Signs $311 Mln Power Lines Deal With Africa Fund, Indian Firm

Kenya announced on Monday the signing of an agreement for a $311 million investment to develop two high-voltage electricity transmission lines. The partners inc…

Energy Storage Project

Trina Storage and Lightshift to Deploy Over 1GWh Energy Storage Systems in US

Trina Storage and Lightshift Energy have expanded their partnership to deploy more than 1 GWh of grid-scale battery energy storage systems across the United Sta…

Battery

Construction Begins on Engie’s Pelican Point BESS in South Australia

Sungrow and Engie have begun construction on the 200 MW/400 MWh Pelican Point grid-forming battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia. The project,…

Power Construction

EU to Fast-Track Power Grid Projects in Race to Lower Energy Prices

The European Union has proposed measures to speed up the approval of electricity grid projects and introduce coordinated EU-wide planning for cross-border infra…

Hydropower Plant

NHPC Synchronises Second Unit of 2000MW Subansiri Lower Hydropower Project

NHPC Limited announced on 3 December 2025 that Unit-2 (250 MW) of the Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project has been successfully synchronised with the national…

Wind Farm

ØRsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 3 Wind Farm Delivers First Power in Germany

Ørsted's 913 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm has begun generating electricity and is now delivering its first power to the German grid. Loca…