Power grid

United States

Consumers Energy Gets Approval for Major Grid Upgrades

March 27, Consumers Energy today received the green light to carry out new upgrades to secure Michigan's electric grid, a major investment that will keep th…

Microgrid

Crusoe signs two deals with energy storage firms to support AI data center buildout

AI data center developer Crusoe has expanded its strategic partnership with battery energy storage firm Redwood Materials.The expansion follows the successful d…

United Kingdom

€693 million financing to support UK’s subsea electricity superhighway

ScottishPower, through its parent company Iberdrola, has secured £600 million (around €693 million) in financing from the National Wealth Fund to sup…

United States

TSEA Energy to invest $25m in North Carolina facility to boost US grid manufacturing

TSEA Energy is investing $25m in a new manufacturing facility in Eden, North Carolina, marking its first industrial operation in the United States and expanding…

Nvidia Takes AI Factories To Power Grid

Nvidia is joining forces with Emerald AI and a consortium of major power companies to address one of the most pressing challenges in the AI sector: ensuring suf…

Cuba

Cuba starts to restore power after new blackout

Cuban authorities started to gradually restore power to the island Sunday after the second nationwide blackout in a week, as the grid struggles due to an aging …

India

Power Grid board approves Rs 705 crore investment for procurement of transformers and reactors

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has approved an investment of Rs 705.30 crore for the procurement of cold spare transformers and reactors, as pa…

Canada

SaskPower to link north-south power grids with new transmission line

The Government of Saskatchewan has approved SaskPower’s North-South Transmission Systems Interconnection project. The new transmission lines, which will connec…

Armenia

Armenia secures €135m for energy grid revamp, linking to Europe

Two new financing agreements worth €135 million have been signed to support Armenia’s Caucasus Transmission Network project.The deals were signed on …

Microgrid

Minesto’s microgrid-scale tidal energy powerplant begins producing in Faroe Islands

Minesto, a Swedish tidal energy developer, has begun to supply power from its 100-kilowatt microgrid-scale power plant, Dragon 4, to the grid of the Faroe Islan…

ABB Invests $75 Million in India to Strengthen Renewable Energy and Grid Infrastructure

ABB announced a $75 million investment in India to expand its manufacturing and R&D capabilities, focusing on critical infrastructure areas such as renewable en…

Socomec Launches MASTERYS GP4 UPS and ATyS a M Automatic Transfer Switches in India

Socomec, a global company specializing in energy performance and power management, recently launched the MASTERYS GP4 UPS and ATyS a M automatic transfer switch…

State Grid Releases Ten Measures to Serve High-Quality Development of New Energy

To comprehensively implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, earnestly fulfill the requirements of the natio…

Chile's BESS Paicaví Energy Storage Project Receives Environmental Approval, 150 MW Power to Boost Grid Stability

The Environmental Assessment Committee of the Metropolitan Region of Chile recently approved the Environmental Impact Declaration for the BESS Paicaví en…

MPF Recommends Suspension of Transmission Line Construction Permits in MG, SP, and GO States

Recently, the Brazilian Federal Public Ministry (MPF) has proposed a recommendation to suspend the construction permits for transmission lines in the states of …