Electricity

Energy Storage Battery

At 300MW / 1,200MWh, the World’s Largest Battery Storage System so Far is up and Running

The world’s largest battery energy storage system so far has gone into operation in Monterey County, California, US retail electricity and power generation com…

Electricity Transmission

L&T Construction Awarded Power Transmission Deal In Saudi Arabia

The construction arm of L&T has secured orders from prestigious clients for two of its businesses.

Wind Power Project

Wpd Orders 5.7MW Nordex Turbines for Large Finnish Wind Farm

Wpd places 188MW order in Finland with the Nordex Group for turbines to supply electricity to paper company UPM through a corporate PPA

Japan

Japan’s Power Prices Hit Record Highs on LNG Shortage

A severe shortage of LNG supplies among Japanese power utilities on the back of an unseasonably cold winter has driven the country's wholesale electricity price…

Brexit

Brexit Creates Major Problem For UK Energy Companies

In the international electricity markets, countries fall into one of three categories: those that provide adequately for their needs like the US, those with exc…

Electricity Transmission

ATXI Completes $1.4bn Power Tansmission Line Project in US

Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI) has energised the final span of a $1.4bn power transmission line project in the US.

Smart Meter

National Smart Meter Rollout Planned in Colombia

Colombia’s energy regulator Creg has drafted proposals for a rollout of smart metering across the national electricity system.

Submarine Cable

Submarine Cable Helps Triple CGES’ Electricity Transit Revenues

The submarine power cable between Italy and Montenegro has helped the Balkan country increase revenues from electricity transit by threefold.

Energy Security

Irish Grid Alert Over Capacity Concern

Irish system operators have issued an amber alert over tightening power capacity margins on the all-island grid.

Offshore Wind Power

Belgian Offshore Wind Farms Generate 6.7 TWh in 2020

Belgian offshore wind farms generated 6.7 TWh of electricity in 2020, which represented 8.4 per cent of total electricity consumption in Belgium, or the electri…

Market Analysis

Wind Power Generated 31.4% of Electricity in December in Spain

Renewables produced 44% of electricity in 2020, wind power 21.8%, concentrated solar power 1.8%, and photovoltaic 6.1%.

Wave Energy

Philippines’ ERC Denies Feed-in-Tariff for Ocean Energy

The Energy Regulatory Commission of the Philippines has denied the petition filed by the National Renewable Energy Board for Feed-in-Tariff for electricity gene…

Hydropower Plant

Barsuchkovskaya Hydro Plant Commissioned in Russia

The 5.25MW Barsuchkovskaya small hydropower plant in the Stavropol region of Russia has been commissioned, RusHydro has announced.

Energy Storage Project

Israel could Arrive at 8GWh of Energy Storage ‘Well Before 2030 Goal’

An auction for solar-plus-storage held in Israel by the country’s Electricity Authority awarded 609MW of solar PV alongside 2.4GWh of energy storage.

Wind Farm

Enel Green Power Starts Castelmauro Wind Farm in Molise

The wind power plant will produce about 70 GWh/year from renewable sources, corresponding to the supply of electricity for about 29,000 homes, avoiding the atmo…