Power grid

Electricity Transmission

Scorching Heat Stresses Us Power Grids, Prices Soar

A general view of electric lines as demand for power surges during a period of hot weather in Houston, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare…

Electricity Transmission

A Proposal to Build a Sub-Saharan Africa Electrical Grid Across 12 Countries

A team of economists and engineers from China, Turkey and Nigeria has published a proposal based on simulations to build a sub-Saharan Africa electrical grid ac…

PowerGrid Technology

China Adds Flexibility to Power Grids, Builds Storage Capacity to Avoid Outages

Electrical pylons and power lines are seen in Yanqing district of Beijing, China December 17, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File PhotoBEIJING, July 26 (Reuters) - …

Microgrid

Microgrid Developer Enchanted Rock Names Shapiro as New CFO

Microgrid developer Enchanted Rock has named a longtime energy industry fiscal leader at its new chief financial officer.The hiring of Josh Shapiro will guide t…

Microgrid

Viking Link Joins UK and Denmark Power Grids for First Time

The cables were joined on a vessel in the North Sea, National Grid saysAn electricity link between Denmark and the UK has been connected for the first time, the…

Electricity Transmission

Adani Group Launches India's 1st Transnational Power Project

It supplies 1,496MW of energy to Bangladesh from the Godda power plant.Adani Group has started supplying power to Bangladesh from its ultra super-critical therm…

Electricity Transmission

Anaergia Selected to Develop California Waste-To-Energy Project

Anaergia Inc. today announced it has been selected as the Energy Recovery Contractor for a new system that will produce renewable power from wastewater sludge a…

Electricity Transmission

Miso's Grid Optimization Process Could Be Improved With Get Software

(MISO control room. Credit: MISO Energy)The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) recently announced a new reconfiguration process (MISO Cost Reconfig…

Electricity Transmission

Baltic States Set to Decouple From Russian Power Grid in Early 2025

A substation of the Estonian power distribution company "Elering" is pictured in Tallinn, Estonia, September 30, 2015. REUTERS/Ints KalninsThe Baltic states are…

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Transmission Corridor to Be Renegotiated Because of Cost Increases

By Davids Sharp and Steve LeBlanc, Associated PressPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Partners on a $1 billion project aimed at bringing Canadian hydropower to the New Eng…

Electricity Transmission

Coordination Could Spare Billions in Grid Upgrade Costs and Accelerate Electrification

The electric grids of the future will need to handle much bigger loads due to electrification of transportation and other sectors. This could mean expensive inf…

Energy Storage System

Video: Could Energy Storage Provide the Grid With the Resilience It Needs?

Can energy storage help give the grid a bit of extra resilience as we transition to renewable energy generation? That’s the question that was posed to our expe…

Power Construction

Texas Power Use Breaks Record for Second Day in Heat Wave

A general view of electric lines as demand for power surges during a period of hot weather in Houston, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare…

Microgrid

Port of Oakland Awarded $42 Million Grant for Microgrid

Electric truck chargers. Source: Port of OaklandThe California Transportation Commission (CTC) has awarded a $42 million grant to the Port of Oakland for its Gr…

Power Construction

Texas Power Demand Hits Record, More Highs Seen in Heat Wave

Utility poles lead to downtown Dallas during a heat advisory due to scorching weather in Dallas, Texas, U.S. July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/File PhotoJuly…