Grid

Battery

Tesla Megapacks Chosen for 548 MWh Energy Storage Project in Japan

Tesla’s Megapack grid-scale batteries have been selected to back an energy storage project in Japan, coming as the latest of the company’s continued…

Offshore Wind Power

SSE, APG Sign Grid Connection Agreement With IJmuiden Ver Alpha Offshore Wind Farm

SSE, APG, and TenneT partner on 2GW IJmuiden Ver Alpha offshore grid connection.SSE Renewables and pension fund ABP’s investment arm APG have signed a rea…

Electricity Transmission

Vietnamese Section of Monsoon-Thanh My 500 KV Transmission Project Energised

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has announced that the Vietnamese section of the Monsoon-Thanh My 500 kilovolt (kV) transmission line project has been energised.In a …

Power Construction

Kyushu Electric’s Net Income Down 41.8% in Q3 FY 2024

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. has reported a net income of $698.2m (JPY108.8b) in the third quarter (Q3) of fiscal year 2024, down 41.8% for the first time in…

Power Construction

504 MW Link Between Ireland and Great Britain Begins Commercial Operations

The Greenlink interconnector linking the electricity grids of Ireland and Great Britain has officially entered commercial operation, following more than three y…

Distributed Grid

ARENA Allocates $20.8m for Western Australia Grid Project

This will fund the development of a system that will operate Distributed Energy Resources.The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has allocated $20.8m to…

Geothermal Heating Project

Project Geogrid Gets £480,000 to Tap Geothermal Storage for System Efficiency

Project Geogrid in the UK has been awarded £480,000 (approximately $590,717) from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) to tap into geothermal lon…

Electricity Transmission

Constellation Signs First US Long-Term Power Supply Contract

US Constellation has been awarded a $840 million ten-year contract to supply an estimated 10 million MWh of electricity to US federal facilities as part of the …

Power Construction

Blackstone to Buy $1 Billion Virginia Power Plant Near Data Centers

Signage is seen outside the Blackstone Group headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 18, 2023.The unit of Blackstone (BX.N), dedicated to investments in th…

Battery

Brazil’s Energy Storage Auction to Attract $450M in Investments

The auction aims to boost Brazil’s grid reliability by integrating energy storage for wind and solar power.Brazil is set to conduct its first auction for …

Electricity Transmission

Sumitomo and Van Oord Booked for Second Shetland HVDC Cable Link

SSEN Transmission has entered into a capacity reservation agreement (CRA) with a consortium of Sumitomo Electric Industries and Van Oord for the supply and inst…

Virtual power plants

Texans Can Now Join a VPP and Get 2 Sonnen Batteries at No Upfront Cost

A new sonnen storage + solar VPP for TexansSOLRITE Energy, which finances solar and battery storage, and global battery storage manufacturer sonnen today announ…

Photovoltaic （PV）

France Deploys 4.6 GW of PV in 2024

French grid operator Enedis said that France deployed 4,596 MW of solar in 2024, including 1,567 MW of self-consumption capacity, which accounted for 35% of new…

Microgrid

New Platform to Deploy 120 MW of Renewables in Africa

A coalition of international investors are partnering on a scalable, distributed platform that plans to deploy renewable energy solutions across Africa.PowerGen…

Power Construction

United Group Invests €120M in Bulgarian Renewable Energy

The investment will fund the development of three solar power plants and a wind farm with a combined capacity of 124MW.Southeastern Europe-based telecommunicati…