Power grid

Power Construction

Tech Aims to Predict Problems on Power Lines Before Disaster

B. Don Russell wasn't thinking about preventing a wildfire when he developed a tool to detect power line problems before they cause equipment failures, blackout…

Power Construction

ADB to Provide $451 Million to Strengthen Grid in Southern India

The funds will be used to build an extra-high-voltage transmission link to transmit 9 GW of capacity, including 6 GW of renewables, to the Chennai–Kanyakumari …

Smart Grid

Schneider Electric Launches Region’s First Smart Distribution Centre in Dubai

Schneider Electric has expanded its network of smart operations facilities with the launch of the region’s first Smart Distribution Center in Dubai, showcasing…

Power Construction

TSO Probes Water Hazards on German Grid Link

Amprion to survey about 90 water systems lying on the route of the 2GW A-Nord grid connection.

Smart Grid

​NGET and Smart Wires Sign Deal for Power Flow Control Technology

Under the terms of the five-year agreement, Smart Wires will provide flow control technology to help NGET transfer greater volumes of renewable power to custome…

Power Construction

Germany: TenneT Completes Substation Reboot

State secretary Jens Deutschendorf, from the Hessen Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy joined TenneT Managing Director Tim Meyerjurgens to visit the upgrad…

Microgrid

ASEAN’s Largest Off-Grid Hybrid Microgrid Now Live

The inaugural project in CleanGrid Partners’ $100 million microgrid investment portfolio has gone live in the Philippines.

Electricity Transmission

Role of market-based power trade to gather steam: CERC chairman

Long-term PPAs currently constitute 90% share of the power procurement portfolio of the discoms.

Smart Grid

Smart Grid Technology in the US: Benefits to Environment and Social Justice

Smart grids can lead to cleaner neighborhoods, reduce the cost of living, offer more sustainable solutions for design and construction, and provide a more accur…

Microgrid

California’s Culver City Mulls 3 Microgrid Options, May Issue RFP

Roughly a year after commissioning a feasibility study, Culver City, Calif., is considering issuing a request for proposals (RFP) to move forward with a municip…

Power Construction

Egypt to be in Charge of Developing African Power Grid

Minister of of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker said Monday that Egypt, upon the request of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)…

Power Construction

Midwest U.S. Grid Operator MISO: Modelling for a Clean Energy Future

Planning can’t be easy for a grid operator. Take MISO which operates one of the world’s largest energy markets.

Power Construction

Factoring Climate-Water Impacts into Electric Grid Planning is Crucial

University-based and national laboratory scientists have performed a new analysis using a new modeling method for long-lasting electricity generation infrastruc…

Smart Grid

​New Measuring Devices from Siemens Capture Energy Data with Higher Accuracy

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has added the 7KM PAC3220 and 7KM PAC3120 measuring devices to its Sentron power monitoring portfolio.

Electricity Transmission

ABB Wins $30m Power Equipment Order To Bolster Germany's Renewable Energy Integration

High-performance phase-shifting transformers to better control integrating of offshore wind power into the electricity grid.