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Smart Grid

Grid Upgrade Plans Unveiled for Eastern Germany

Works include construction of 526km of new cable for the high voltage network.

Ofgem Charges Ahead with UK Grid Reforms

UK energy regulator Ofgem is to press ahead with grid charge reforms that renewable trade associations say will undermine subsidy-free deployment.

Offshore Wind Power

Anbaric Proposes 16GW New England Grid Link

Application filed with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to develop system to bring offshore wind power to shore.

Power Construction

NGCP Investing P463 Billion for Power Grid

MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is investing P463 billion in the next decade to transform the country’s power grid as …

Power Construction

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Demand Changes at New England’s Grid Operator

Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, want grid operator New England ISO to give renewable energy a bigger role and fossil-fue…

PowerGrid Technology

Prysmian Delivers Three HVDC Interconnectors In 10 Days For A Value Of Over €1bn

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces the successful completion and delivery of three major HVDC projects in …

Microgrid

After PG&E Blackout, California Homeowners Shift to Solar and Batteries

The Northern California blackouts this month, coming after years of increasingly destructive wildfires, showed millions of people how fragile their power grid c…

Power Construction

Could the Nation’s Fridges Rebalance the UK Grid?

A new deal between the UK’s National Grid and Asda will see the supermarket giant provide around 13MW of ‘virtual battery power’ from its air-conditioning an…

Power Construction

As Extreme Storms Wreck Power Grids, Japan Seeks Home Battery Networks

After recent typhoons ravaged Japan’s grid and disrupted power to almost 1.4 million customers, the government is encouraging homeowners to invest in storage s…

South Australia Grid Separates From NEM

A major network outage in Victoria on Saturday evening caused the grid in the state of South Australia to “island” or become separate from the rest of the mai…

Microgrid

Siemens And Juwi to Transform Mining Sector with Microgrid Solution

Siemens and the renewable energy developer juwi have joined forces to enter into a strategic technology partnership focusing on microgrids in the mining industr…

PowerGrid Technology

​Low-Cost Monitoring Breakthrough Could Pay Off for DNOs

Western Power Distribution (WPD) and 42 Technology announced the successful completion of the first UK field trials for FuseOhm, a breakthrough in low-cost moni…

PowerGrid Technology

The POWER Interview: How Industry 4.0 Will Improve Sustainability

Many companies are working toward the goal of being sustainable while also maintaining profitability, in part by integrating and applying artificial intelligenc…

PowerGrid Technology

How the DOE Plans to Modernize the Grid in the Near Term

Twenty-three projects chosen by the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to its 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call provide a broad look at the critical issues t…

Microgrid

Bushfires Should Make us Think About Energy Resilience and Microgrids

The largest known cause of Australian bushfires is accidents caused by humans. Second is — unfortunately, inexplicably — arson. Lightning strikes come a dista…