Power grid

Electricity Transmission

Maine Invests $1 Billion in Transmission Lines to Bring Canadian Hydropower to the New England grid

The state agency that handles zoning in Maine’s unregulated territories gave its approval Wednesday to a proposed $1 billion transmission line aimed at bringin…

Geothermal Energy Storage System to Reduce Peak Electricity Demand

ORNL researchers have developed a system that stores electricity as thermal energy in underground tanks, allowing homeowners to reduce their electricity purchas…

Power Construction

Grid Project Completion Brings Stable Electricity to Southern Xinjiang

A 3.6-billion-yuan ($514.29 million) grid project was officially completed and started operation in the southern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region by the end of …

Power Construction

The World's First Truly UHV AC Ring Network is Completed and Put into Production

On January 4, 2020, the 1000 kV UHV AC ring network project in Shandong Province, Hebei Province, China successfully completed the 72-hour trial operation and w…

Smart Grid

Smart Grids to Manage Two Thirds of Global Power Networks by 2050

Grid balancing becomes paramount as the share of intermittent supply from renewable power sources keeps rising fast in most developed countries around the globe…

Power Construction

UK National Grid Announce Contractors for £1bn Project to Rewire London

UK National Grid has agreed a six-year contract with Hochtief-Murphy Joint Venture (HMJV) to deliver the tunnelling and shaft work of the second phase of its Lo…

Electricity Transmission

9,293MW Power Generation Capacity Lies Idle

The nation’s 27 power plants stood started the year with a generation of 3,617.5 megawatts despite having a combined installed capacity of 12,910MW.

Distributed Grid

Distribution Network Live Working Robot Officially Put Into Use

This innovative technology equipped with artificial intelligence technology will be applied to the field work site of the power distribution network, which will…

Electricity Transmission

China-Laos Railway Power Supply Project Launched in Lao Capital

The power supply project for the China-Laos railway was kicked off in the Lao capital on Monday.

Power Construction

Utility Company Proposes Upgrades to Ease Grid Constraints

A Vermont utility company wants to invest $15.5 million to upgrade transmission lines and build a new substation to help reduce the strain on the power grid.

Electricity Transmission

Power Distribution Company Suffers Losses Worth Rs 27000 Crore in FY19

After the meeting, Singh said, "The total loss of all power distribution companies in the financial year 2018-19 was Rs 27,000 crore. That is huge. Because of t…

Power Construction

$31.74 Million!Egypt and Sudan to Operate Joint Electricity Grid

Egypt and Sudan will begin operating a joint electricity grid from Jan. 12 with a capacity of 50 megawatts, Egypt’s state news agency MENA said on Sunday.

Power Construction

After 3 Years, UT Has Not Yet Launched The Underground Cable Project

The Joint Electricity Regularity Commission (JERC) have already accorded approval for a capital expenditure of Rs 17.89 crore for the project on a pilot basis.

Electricity Transmission

Southern Electricity Price Rises on Exchange Due to Power Outage

Coupled with outages of power generation units and increasing irrigation demand, the development has resulted in a failure to attain the desired “one nation, o…

Electricity Transmission

Egypt-Sudan Power Linkage to Operate on Jan. 12

The Operation of the 50-megawatt electricity connection between Egypt and Sudan will kick off on January 12, Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said Sunday.