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Photovoltaic （PV）

New Substation to Connect Europe’s Largest Agri-PV Project

In Germany a substation is being built to connect green power to the high voltage grid from what is being called the largest agri-PV project on the continent, e…

Oil & Gas Trade

Marathon Oil Secures Stockholder Approval for $22.5bn Merger With Conocophillips

Marathon Oil is being acquired by ConocoPhillips in an all-stock deal worth $22.5bn. (Credit: Marathon Petroleum Corporation)American petroleum company Marathon…

Energy Storage System

North Lanarkshire Council Approves 30MW BESS

An indicative site layout for the 30MW Burnbank project, on which construction is expected to begin in 2026. Image: Renewable Connections.North Lanarkshire Coun…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Turbine Defect Shuts Down Rostov 1

Unit 1 at Russia’s Rostov NPP has been disconnected from the network by operational personnel following discovery of a defect in turbine steam selection e…

Electricity Trade

Tennet Signs Grid Agreement With Giga Storage in Netherlands

The contract enables GIGA Storage to integrate its 300MW GIGA Leopard battery project. Credit: TenneT.Dutch state-owned transmission system operator TenneT has …

HVDC

Sumitomo Completes Greenlink Interconnector Between Ireland and Wales

Greenlink will provide a new grid connection between Great Island in County Wexford, Ireland, and Pembrokeshire in Wales. Credit: Sumitomo Electric Industries, …

Offshore Substation

French TSO Awards Multi-Billion-Euro Contract for Three Offshore Grid Connections

French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has awarded a contract to a consortium comprising Hitachi …

Energy Storage Project

Water Infrastructure Utility Connects With Paired Power for Solar-Storage EV Charging Canopy

Screenshot of solar canopy video demonstration. Image credit Paired Power websiteSolar microgrid manufacturer Paired Power will provide on-site energy for elect…

Floating Solar

Maldives Tenders 10 MW of Floating Photovoltaics (PV) in Addu City

The Government of the Republic of Maldives, with funding from the World Bank, has issued an invitation to tender for the installation of 10 MWp grid-connected f…

PowerGrid Technology

China’s Largest Electrochemical Storage Facility Achieves Grid Connection

Image: Huadian (Haixi) New EnergyHuadian (Haixi) New Energy Co., a subsidiary of China Huadian Group, has successfully completed the full-capacity grid connecti…

Hydropower Plant

First Unit of Cpec’s Suki Kinari Hydropower Project Connected to Grid in Pakistan

Engineers from China and Pakistan commemorate the successful connection of the first unit of the Chinese-built Suki Kinari Hydropower project on 12 August 2024.…

Nuclear Reactor

Russian Research Reactor Lifespan Extended

Image courtesy of RosatomRussia’s Institute of Reactor Materials (IRM, part of Rosatom’s Scientific Division) has completed the procedures necessary…

Energy Storage Project

Wärtsilä Upgrades Autonomous Software for GWh-Scale BESS in Australia

Wärtsilä Energy has launched an upgrade of its GEMS software product. It claimed that this will transform the way GWh-scale BESS are managed in Austra…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Nextenergy capital acquires 248MW solar PV portfolio in Spain

This announcement builds on the success of earlier acquisitions including a solar project in the US and two CfD portfolios in Europe. Credit: vvaldmann / Shutte…

Electricity Transmission

South africa battles to fund vital grid upgrade for green energy

South Africa's plan to expand its power grid, now the biggest bottleneck to replacing coal with renewables, has hit a snag: finding investors to lend the ne…