Grid

Electricity Transmission

Attica-Crete Leg of Mediterranean Super Grid Due Mid 2025

Linking solar-rich Middle Eastern countries with European nations that generate significant energy from wind could benefit both regions.There is great imaginati…

Power Construction

DOE: 'Advanced' Grid Solutions Could Add up to 100 GW in Capacity

(DLC workers install dynamic line rating technology. Credit: DLC/LineVision)A new report from the Department of Energy (DOE) finds that deploying advanced grid …

Electricity Transmission

FERC to Unveil US Power Grid Reform on May 13

A local resident walks by the power grid towers at Bair Island State Marine Park in Redwood City, California, United States, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Ba…

Electricity Trade

Irish Power Prices Expected to Drop as Gas Storage Levels Remain High

New forecasts from Cornwall Insight’s SEM Benchmark Power Price Curve indicate power prices are set to fall in 2024-25. Power prices are expected to drop …

Microgrid

Philippine Government Awards Contract for the Development of 8 New Microgrids

A remote area in the Philippine province of Palawan. (Source: Sean Hsu / Shutterstock.com)Nearly 4 million Filipino households are either unserved or underserve…

Solar Power Plant

ESO Suggests Retrospective Use of Solar Grid Connection Reforms

ESO proposes a retrospective application of the long-term grid connection reforms. Image: Wokingham Borough Council.The UK’s Electricity System Operator (…

PowerGrid Technology

California Power Companies, Agencies Apply for $2 Bln Federal Grant for Grid Upgrades

A local resident walks by the power grid towers at Bair Island State Marine Park in Redwood City, California, United States, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Ba…

Renewable Energy

The US Now Has an Actual Plan to Connect Clean Energy to the Grid

The US Department of Energy has just released its first-ever roadmap to speed up the connection of more clean energy to the grid.The goal is to finally clear th…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Rooftop Photovoltaic Solar Now a Major Player in Australia's Grid, but Households Need More Batteries

Rooftop solar is now the fourth latest source of electricity in Australia, and a major player in the grid that is unparalleled in the rest of the world, but the…

Virtual power plants

CPower and Energyhub Partner on Residential Virtual Power Plant Program for Ameren Customers

(Credit: DOE)CPower, a Distributed Energy Resource (DER) monetization and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, and EnergyHub, a grid-edge flexibility and VPP pro…

Electricity Transmission

Hinkley Connection Completes T-Pylon Wiring

Image: National GridNational Grid has achieved a milestone in its Hinkley Connection Project, with all 116 T-pylons now fully wired up with overhead conductors.…

Solar Power Plant

Avangrid's First California Solar Farm Breaks Ground

(Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash)Avangrid, a sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, announced that construction is now underway at the…

Virtual power plants

California's Virtual Power Plant Potential Is High, New Report Says

(Credit: Dennis Schroeder / NREL)California’s market potential for virtual power plants (VPPs) could hit 7.5 GW by 2035, exceeding 15% of peak demand and …

Nuclear Reactor

New Chinese Reactor Begins Supplying Power

Fangchenggang unit 4 - the second demonstration Hualong One (HPR1000) reactor at the site in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region - has been connected to the g…

Electricity Transmission

Germany's Amprion Boosts Grid Investment Plan by 25%

Germany's Amprion (RWEG.DE), opens new tab on Thursday announced a 25% rise in its rolling five-year investment plan for its power transmission network with…