Power grid

HVDC

NKT Completes High-Voltage Power Cable Replacement for Swedish Hydropower Plant

A 400 kV high-voltage power cable from NKT is now bringing renewable energy from the Letsi hydropower plant to the Swedish power grid after a successful replace…

PowerGrid Technology

Grid Enhancing Technologies Advocated to Boost Renewables in US

The Efficient Grid Interconnection Act of 2021 has been introduced to expand access to clean energy and reduce grid congestion in the US.

Power Construction

Video: Texas Power Grid FAILS AGAIN, What The Hell Is Going On?

Krystal and Saagar explain what's happening with the latest power grid failure in Texas.

Electricity Transmission

New Orleans to Build New $74 million Substation

The city of New Orleans has announced plans to build a new $74 million substation in order to reliable power the city’s drainage and water pump systems.

Market Analysis

Austrian Power Grid: The Electricity Market is Becoming more European

The bidding zones of Eastern Europe are linked to the Central European energy market by means of so-called "Market Coupling".

Hybrid Power Plant

World's First 100% Solar-Plus-Storage-Only Community Grid

Horizon Power, Western Australia's regional and remote energy utility, and PXiSE Energy Solutions have collaborated on a first-of-its-kind hydrocarbon-free powe…

Power Construction

Texas Grid Operators Have Another Mess On Their Hands

It’s been one heck of a year for Texas energy grids. Six months ago only a very select group of industry insiders and policy nerds had ever heard of The Electr…

Electricity Transmission

Xinjiang's Electricity Transmission Tops 400 bln kWh

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has transmitted over 400 billion kilowatt-hours of locally generated electricity to other parts of the countr…

Digitalization

AES Ohio Secures Green Light for $249m Smart Grid Project

The Public Utility Commission of Ohio has granted US utility AES Ohio approval to implement phase 1 of its $249 million smart grid programme.

Power Cable

National Grid Completes Construction of North Sea Link Cable

Construction work on the world’s longest subsea electric cable, the North Sea Link, has now been completed by the National Grid.

Power Construction

Grid Operator Says Texans can Return to Regular Electricity Use

"Grid operator says Texans can return to regular electricity use" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that inf…

Energy Storage System

Hitachi ABB to Provide Battery Storage for TVO

Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been awarded a contract to provide Teollisuuden Voima with one of Europe’s largest battery energy storage systems to the island of …

Power Cable

Nexans Secures Cables Supply Contract for Viking Wind Farm

The Viking Wind Farm will become operational in 2024 and have a peak output of 443MW.

Power Construction

DEWA Commissions 438 11kV Substations In The First 4 Months Of 2021

These stations are at Dubai Marina, Umm Nahad 3, Al Yafra 2, and Al Qusais Industrial Area 5

Electricity Transmission

$570 million Power Transmission Line to Link Four West African Countries

The governments of Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso and the Niger Republic have put together the final touches to the execution of a planned $570 million transmissio…