Electricity transmission

Electricity Transmission

GE and Hitachi ABB Power Grids Sign Landmark Agreement to Reduce Environmental Impact in the Electrical Transmission Industry

This fluoronitrile-based gas mixture has a significantly reduced impact on the environment compared to SF6.

Power Construction

China’s SGBH Wins Brazil Transformer and Transmission Concession

Brazilian electricity sector regulator Aneel has awarded Chinese firm State Grid Brazil Holdings the concession to construct transformers and transmission lines…

Power Cable

Submarine Cable to Connect 10.5 GW Wind-Solar Complex in Morocco to the UK Grid

UK-based Xlinks is planning to build 10.5 GW of wind and solar in Morocco and sell the power generated by the huge plant in the UK.

Power Construction

Belarus Disconnects Power Lines with Lithuania for Testing

Belarus has disconnected cross-border transmission lines with Lithuania as part of the ongoing tests of the reliability of the Belarusian energy system, the pre…

Power Construction

Namibia: Power Line Africa Wins N$660 million NamPower Tender

THE Tsumeb-based electricity infrastructure construction company Power Line Africa Ltd has won a tender to design and construct a power line for the national po…

Electricity Transmission

Nicaragua to Upgrade and Expand Electricity System

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration has awarded a $40.1 million towards Nicaragua’s transmission system expansion.

Substation

Hitachi ABB Power Grids, KOSTT Sign EUR 4.7 million Contract to Build New Substation

ABB Power Grids Zagreb, a subsidiary of Hitachi ABB Power Grids, and Kosovo’s* transmission system operator KOSTT have signed a EUR 4.7 million contract on the…

Electricity Transmission

Egypt, Sudan Stabilize Grid To Enable Power Export

Grid stability project to ensure energy security and lower emissions and also enable interconnection between the two countries

Electricity Transmission

NextEra Energy Transmission acquires GridLiance for $660m

US-based clean energy company NextEra Energy Transmission has acquired GridLiance Holdco and GridLiance GP (GridLiance) from affiliates of investment firm Black…

Electricity Transmission

Spain is Power Exporter to France for Third Quarter

Spain ended as a net power exporter to France for the third quarter in a row — something that had happened only once before in the past 20 years — in what may…

Substation

Nepal Electricity Authority Awards Contract to GE for Grid Upgrade

Nepal Electricity Authority has contracted GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions to upgrade three gas-insulated substations.

Electricity Transmission

Hitachi ABB: Coordination At National Level Needed For Transmission Planning

The company said that the lack of intraregional, as well as interregional, transmission capacity is a major limiting factor for large-scale development of hydro…

Electricity Transmission

Lom Pangar-Bertoua Transmission Line Construction to be Completed in 2021, Cameroon

The construction of the Lom Pangar-Bertoua transmission line in Cameroon, which is being carried out by the French engineering company known as Cegelec, is expe…

Offshore Wind Power

Cuomo Announces Construction of Wind Farm Transmission Line

New York’s Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the adoption of a joint proposal to build a 7.6-mile transmission line that would link the proposed South For…

Power Construction

Construction Starts on $180m Empire State Line Transmission Works in US

Construction has started on the Empire State Line, a $180m power transmission line upgrade project in the US.