Power grid

Virtual power plants

New Battery-Enabled Virtual Power Plant Taking Shape in Texas

This week, sonnen, a provider of battery and virtual power plant (VPP) technology, shared updates on its residential VPP program in Texas. Partnering with Abund…

Power Construction

Europe’s Grid Requires Significant Investment to Avoid Blackouts

A widespread blackout across Spain and Portugal on April 28, 2025, has underscored the pressing need to modernize Europe’s aging power grid. With much of the i…

Electricity Trade

Greencoat Renewables Signs 10-Year PPA With Keppel DC REIT

Wedoany.com Report-May 10, Greencoat Renewables has entered a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Keppel DC REIT to supply all electricity generated by…

Power Construction

PJM Selects 51 Fast-Track Power Projects Under Reliability Resource Initiative

PJM Interconnection, a U.S.-based energy distribution company, has selected 51 projects under its Reliability Resource Initiative to deliver over 9.3 gigawatts …

HVDC

‘Largest US Subsea Cable Factory’ Breaks Ground

LS Cable & System has initiated construction of a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable manufacturing facility in Chesapeake, Virginia, through its U.…

Electricity Trade

Germany Advised to Split Power Market to Reflect Regional Cost Differences

A report by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) suggests that Germany should consider dividing its electricity marke…

Power Construction

Sumitomo Electric, Siemens Energy Hand Over 500 MW Ireland-Great Britain Interconnector

The consortium of Sumitomo Electric Industries and Siemens Energy has successfully completed trial operations and handed over the Greenlink interconnector to Gr…

Power Construction

AEP Texas Transmission Line to Support Permian Basin’s Electricity Demand

AEP Texas is set to build a 765-kV transmission line called the Howard-Solstice project to address the growing electricity demand in the Permian Basin, an essen…

Electricity Transmission

Loss of Power, Franco-Spanish Interconnection Failure Led to Grid Collapse

On Monday, a widespread blackout affected large parts of the Iberian Peninsula, primarily due to a significant and sudden reduction in electricity supply, accor…

HVDC

SAP Build Apps Revolutionizes 50Hertz High-Voltage Grid Maintenance in Germany

50Hertz, a transmission system operator under Elia Group, manages the high-voltage grid across northern and eastern Germany, covering nearly one-third of the co…

HVDC

Planning Inspectorate Accepts National Grid’s 2GW Sea Link Application

The UK’s National Grid has achieved a key milestone with its 2GW Sea Link offshore cable project, as the Planning Inspectorate accepted its development co…

Smart Grid

G&W Electric Invests in Safegrid to Enhance Grid Reliability and Resiliency

G&W Electric, a leader in power distribution solutions, has announced a strategic investment in Safegrid, a Finnish company specializing in smart grid monitorin…

Power Construction

Germany’s Regulator Targets $1.71bn in Grid Cost Reductions

Germany’s energy grid regulator, Bundesnetzagentur, has introduced a plan to reduce electricity costs for consumers by approximately €1.5 billion bet…

Power Construction

China’s Power System Achieves Record Clean Energy Output in Q1 2025

China achieved a record-breaking 951 terawatt hours (TWh) of clean electricity generation in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 19% increase from the same per…

Power Construction

SPEN, Hitachi Sign Scottish Grid MoU

Hitachi Energy and SP Energy Networks (SPEN) have formalized their collaboration through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in April 2025, aimed at adva…