Power grid

Distributed Grid

Mount Athos Mini Grid Provides Template for Greece

A monastic community on the Mt Athos peninsula this year installed a solar-storage-diesel mini-grid which is set to be augmented by a biomass combined heat and …

Power Construction

Mahagenco Shut Down Power Plant to Get Environmental Clearance

Mahagenco is so desperate to get environmental clearance for its two new 660MW units at Koradi that it is resorting to underhand tactics.

Electricity Transmission

GE to Deliver Turnkey Grid Substation to Saudi Plant

The plant, which will provide fresh water for over 1.8 million people, is expected to be completed in 2021.

PowerGrid Technology

National Grid Energizes UK Substation with GE’s Grid Technology

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has left a mark on the world with the stimulation of the Bolney substation — the first of three substations to b…

Electricity Transmission

AfDB And African Union Develop Continent-wide Electricity Market Masterplan

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) have agreed to jointly develop a blueprint for a pan-continental elect…

Market Analysis

How to Bridge Electricity Deficit

About 140 years ago, electricity was discovered. Since then, many countries have made remarkable advances in power generation and distribution to unlock their e…

Electricity Transmission

OETC Plans Major Power Transmission Projects in Oman

Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC) recently organised a workshop about the upcoming projects.

Power Construction

The State Grid Corporation of China Invests Heavily in Upgrading Rural Power Grid

The State Grid Corporation of China invested 159 billion yuan (about 22.7 billion U.S. dollars) this year in electricity power grid upgrades in rural areas, the…

Power Construction

MSEDCL:7,602 Defected Distribution Transformers Fixed

According to an official, there were as many as 7,602 transformers, of which, more than 2,000 were not fixed until the first week of November owing to the monso…

Electricity Transmission

​Amara Raja Partners with Schneider to Offer Packaged Power Substations

Amara Raja Power Systems, a unit of Amara Raja Group, on Friday said it has tied up with Schneider Electric India to manufacture and sell prefabricated substat…

Distributed energy

​Nigeria Company Rensource Completes $20m Financing to Develop Decentralized Energy

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, only has 12 GW of installed grid capacity, with just one-in-four Nigerians connected to the national power grid. In co…

EIB Will Provide €330 Million to Support the Czech Republic Reinforce Grid Network

CEZ will use the funding to reinforce and refurbish medium and low-voltage networks in Plzeň, Karlovy Vary, Ústí nad Labem, Central Bohemia, Liberec, Hradec …

Power Construction

EIB Provides EUR 330m for Czech Grid Modernisation

Czech energy utility CEZ Group is receiving EUR 330 million (USD 363m) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the extension and upgrade of the electricity …

Electricity Transmission

Sarawak Plans Borneo Power Grid

Federal government is seeking to increase Malaysia’s target of renewable energy generation to 20 per cent in the next six years to improve on the energy trilem…

U.S. Representative Introduced Energy Grid Security Bill

The Grid Modernization Research and Development Act of 2019 hopes to research a way to secure the U.S.’s power grid from natural disasters and cyberthreats. Am…