Power grid

Power Construction

Electricity Connection Between Ethiopia and Djibouti to Expand

The African Development Bank has approved two grants totaling $83.6m to boost cross-border trade in electricity between Ethiopia and Djibouti.

Electricity Transmission

Nigeria: NDPHC Commences Work on 33kV Power Line to Electrify Community

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has commenced work on a new 15-kilometre 33kV line to restore power supply to a community in Nigeria that has been…

Electricity Transmission

India's Power Demand Surges to All-Time High; Crosses 200 GW Mark

According to the latest power ministry data, peak power demand or the highest supply in a day touched an all time high of 200.57 GW on Wednesday

Power Cable

NKT Completes Offshore Repair of the BritNed Interconnector

For the second time this year, NKT has repaired the 450 kV HVDC power cable system BritNed after an outage due to a fault with the cable system caused by extern…

Electrification

UN Recommendations to Ensure Global Electrification by 2030

New reports released by the United Nations provide recommendations on how the world can tackle energy poverty and ensure everyone in the world has access to cle…

Power Construction

SSEN Distribution Announces Power Infrastructure Investment Plan

SSEN will invest more than $1.3bn in network and flexible solutions to create 2GW of capacity.

Power Cable

Nexans Opens New Cable Facility in China

The Tianjin Factory will Produce a Wide-Range of Products for the Wind industry.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is Evolving to Become Hitachi Energy

Hitachi ABB Power Grids announced that it will be evolving to become Hitachi Energy from October 2021.

Power Construction

Iraq Can Fix Electricity Crisis by Planning Long-Term Reforms, IEA says

International Energy Agency experts say country’s power grid has all but collapsed as it is gripped by a searing heatwave

Power Construction

Graphics: Secret Behind China's Expansive Grid Infrastructure

Lighting up a nation of 1.4 billion people is no small task.

Smart Grid

EirGrid Plugs into Smart Grid Project

EirGrid is partnering with Smart Wire Grid Europe and the research and development consortium Electric Power Research Institute on a project aimed at boosting t…

Digitalization

AVEVA and Wood Launch New Industrial Solution to Accelerate Digital Transformation

Wood has standardized its use of AVEVA™ Enterprise Resource Management as a key component of the Connected Build offering to its industrial clients globally.

Power Cable

NKT Secures Dogger Bank C Export Cable Contract

Agreement subject to 1.2GW project reaching financial close

Energy Security

No Electricity in Afghan Provinces After Power Pylon Destroyed

Afghan technical teams were working to repair and restore the power supply as three electricity towers were destroyed a couple of days ago in the region.

Power Construction

Dominion Energy Virginia Files $669 million Grid Modernisation Plan

US utility company Dominion Energy Virginia has filed a proposal with the State Corporation Commission to implement phase two of its grid modernisation programm…