Grid

Tidal Energy

China’s First Solar-Tidal Photovoltaic Power Plant Connected to Grid

​China's first intelligent power plant utilizing solar and tidal power to generate electricity was connected to the power grid on Monday.

Smart Meter

Enzen Launches Zensmartcyber to Protect Energy Utilities

Enzen claims its zenSmartCyber model is the first industry-standard framework to assess smart cyber security maturity across 120 core competenciesEnzen has laun…

Solar Cell

Ghana Mini-Grid and Solar PV Net Metering Project Launches

The government of Ghana has signed a grant agreement with the African Development Fund and the government of Switzerland to support the development of minigrids…

Microgrid

Schneider Electric Launches Grid Operations Platform as a Service on Microsoft Azure

Schneider Electric has announced the launch of its grid operations platform as a service on Microsoft Azure, which aims to offer remote access to utilities for …

Smart Meter

Consumer Privacy Concerns Limit Smart Meter Data Access in GB – Report

Privacy-preserving techniques could be incorporated to minimise or eliminate potential smart meter data privacy infringements, Imperial College researchers sugg…

Solar Power Plant

Shell Plans Hybrid Solar+Wind Project to Support Dutch Grid

Shell and Inaccess have partnered on a hybrid renewables project in the Netherlands, consisting of a 50MW photovoltaic power plant and a 50MW wind farm.

Power Cable

UK Readies Google-Style Map of Electricity Cables

UK Power Networks has partnered with Google to create digital maps covering more than 180,000km of electricity cables.

Microgrid

Engineers Are Working on a Solar Microgrid to Outlast Lunar Nights

Future lunar bases will need power for mining and astronaut survival.

Energy Storage Battery

Trina Storage Launches Grid-Scale BESS

Trina Storage, the vertically integrated battery energy storage solution provider, has announced the launch of Elementa, a flexible battery energy storage syste…

Wind Farm

Shell and Inaccess to Deploy Unity Platform in a Unique 100 MW Hybrid PV+Wind Project in the Netherlands

As renewable energy penetration increases, many grid operators and consequently developers are facing challenges due to reduced grid capacity.

Tidal Energy

Western Australia Ocean Energy Study Launched

The Australian Ocean Energy Group (AOEG) cluster is set to begin a feasibility study in Western Australia to further the adoption of ocean energy.

Russian Federation

Russian Energy Supplier Cuts off Electricity to Finland

Inter RAO’s Finnish subsidiary cited problems with payments, announcing it has not been paid for deliveries since 6th May 2022.

Microgrid

Microgrid Developed to Power Lunar Base

A microgrid to power a future base on the moon is under development at Sandia National Laboratories in the US.

Electricity Transmission

US DOE Launches $2.5B Fund to Upgrade and Build New Transmission Lines

​The Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office on May 10 issued a joint notice of information (NOI) and a request for information (RFI) seeking stakeholde…

Distributed energy

Schneider Electric Scoops up DERMS Provider AutoGrid

Distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) provider AutoGrid said on May 11 that it has been acquired by Schneider Electric.