Power grid

Substation

Tennet Signs Framework Contract Worth $2 Bln for German, Dutch Substations

Dutch grid operator TenneT (IPO-TTH.AS) said on Monday that it had signed a framework agreement worth 1.9 billion euros ($2 billion) for the supply of 110 compe…

Energy Storage Project

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $325 Million for Long-Duration Energy Storage Projects to Increase Grid Resilience and Protect America's Communities

As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda,a key pillar of Bidenomics, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $325 millio…

Power Construction

ADB Approves $200M Loan for Uzbekistan's Power Distribution System

It aims to digitalise 26 distribution substations in the country.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has given the green light for a $200m loan that will support t…

Microgrid

Zambia to Expand Energy Access With 1,500 Mini-Grids

In a virtual address to the Global Leadership Council of the Rockefeller Foundation, President Hakainde Hichilema unveiled an ambitious plan to revolutionize Za…

Solar Panel

Lightsource BP Signs Polish Solar PPA With Microsoft

Lightsource bp has entered into a solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with Microsoft in Poland – the first PPA for both companies in the country.With one…

Solar Technology

Canada Invests in 12 New Wind, Solar and Smart-Grid Projects

Wind turbines on a hillside in Wales (Courtesy: Lisa Baker/Unsplash)Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, …

Power Construction

Planning Review Starts for 500KM German Grid Expansion

German TSO Amprion has selected engineering consultancies Arcadis and ILF Beratende Ingenieure GmbH to undertake the initial phases of route planning for the 50…

Offshore Wind Power

Biden-Harris Administration Releases Roadmap to Accelerate Offshore Wind Transmission and Improve Grid Resilience and Reliability

Interior and Energy Departments Release Comprehensive Transmission Action Plan to Unlock America’s Vast Potential of Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy.As part…

Microgrid

New York Air National Guard Base Getting Ldes Prototype Microgrid

The U.S. military continues to march closer to its goal of improving base resilience with the announcement of a new prototype microgrid to be installed at Stewa…

Electricity Transmission

36 HVDC Transmission Projects Are Ready to Break Ground, Report Says

A new report by Grid Strategies for Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) identifies 36 high-capacity transmission projects that could be ready to break grou…

Microgrid

Engie Targets 3000 Households With Deployment of Renewable Mini-Grids Energy Systems

Gilbert EkugbeOne of the leading providers of solar homes systems and mini-grids solutions in Nigeria, ENGIE Energy Access has announced plans to deploy renewab…

Microgrid

DOE, NREL to Convene Cohorts on Microgrids and the Development of Clean Energy Strategies

Applications for the next round of the DOE’s C2C peer learning cohorts are expected to open Sept. 18.The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced last we…

Microgrid

Wildfires Knocked Out Power to an Entire County. A Microgrid of Generators Brought It Back

After an onslaught of about 150 lightning strikes hit one of California's most drought-stricken regions last month, sparking more than two dozen fires, the …

Nuclear Technology

Bruce 6 Re-Enters Commercial Operation

Unit 6 at the site in Ontario was declared commercially operational on 14 September - 39 years to the day after it was first declared in service on 14 September…

Power Construction

Italy's Edison Inaugurates Power Station Partly Funded by Citizens

Edison's logo is seen outside the company headquarters in downtown Milan, Italy, January 14, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo Acquire Licensing R…