Power grid

Electricity Transmission

A Tipping Point for America’s Grid

The American grid is reaching a tipping point. With electric vehicles (EVs) making up 5% of all new vehicle sales last year, there is an urgent need to prepare …

Smart Meter

Government Will Struggle to Meet 2025 Smart Meter Target

Data from Cornwall Insight on domestic energy supply has revealed that the government is likely to face a considerable hurdle in achieving its goal of 100% smar…

Distributed Grid

Tata Power Unit, Adb Enter $18.2 to Improve Delhi Power Distribution

This will involve grid enhancements and integrating BESS.India’s Tata Power Delhi Distribution entered an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) …

Nuclear Power Plant

UK Power Grid Could Have First Commercial Fusion Reactor by 2030S

Science fiction writers have been touting fusion as the utopian future energy production technology for decades. After all, it is how the sun works, and that ha…

Energy Investment

Cape Town Announces 500 MW Power Purchase Tender

　　To address the ongoing energy crisis and protect its residents from loadshedding, Cape Town has issued a 500 MW dispatchable energy tender aimed at providin…

Energy Storage Battery

Modeling Framework Can Help Speed Development of Flow Batteries for Large-Scale, Long-Duration Electricity Storage

In the coming decades, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind will increasingly dominate the conventional power grid. Because those sources only genera…

Microgrid

California Regulators Give Final Okay to $200M Community Microgrid Incentive Program

The state's three investor-owned electric utilities will administer the program. Allotments are capped at $15 million per microgrid project.The California P…

Smart Grid

In Minnesota, ‘Smart Panels’ Seen as a Possible Alternative to Expensive Electrical Upgrades

Older homes were not designed for big electrical loads, but new technology could help fix that.\\An electrician prepares to upgrade a 100 amp electric panel in …

Power Construction

ADQ-Backed Digital Assets Infrastructure Company Zero Two Launched in Abu Dhabi

Company is also focused on supporting resiliency of local power grid in the UAE capitalThe company' services include developing power infrastructure as well…

Electricity Transmission

BLUETTI Launches AC180 Portable Power Supply for Emergency Backups, Blackouts, and Off-Grid Excursions

BLUETTI--A market leader in the energy storage industry, is about to unveil AC180 on 4 May. Designed with a bunch of improvements that kit it up a notch, it'…

Nuclear Power Plant

Vogtle Unit 3 Generates Electricity, Connects to Power Grid

Georgia Power has announced another milestone for the two-unit reactor expansion at the Plant Vogtle nuclear power site, as Unit 3 on April 1 successfully gener…

Electrification

Esperance, WA – transitioning to electrification

Esperance, Western Australia, has successfully transitioned to electric power, with the majority of residents and businesses electing for electrification, and s…

Electricity Transmission

Siemens Energy to supply transmission technology in Italy

Siemens Energy will manufacture the main components for the stations, while FATA will be responsible for civil works, electromechanical installation, constructi…

HVDC

GE AND MCDERMOTT CONSORTIUM TO BUILD HDVC SYSTEMS FOR TENNE T PROJECTS

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has been awarded three High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) contracts for a total of approximately 6 billion euros …

Wind Farm

550 MW Onshore Wind Farm in SW China Connects to Power Grid

An 550 MW wind farm connects to power grid in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 30, 2023. /Pengpu Town’s WeChat accountAn onshore wind farm, …