Power grid

Floating Offshore Wind

Jan De Nul Installs Subsea Cables for Southern Brittany Floating Wind Farms

France's Transmission System Operator RTE is building an offshore power grid to connect future wind farms. For two floating wind farms off the coast of Sout…

Electricity Transmission

New Transmission Project Approved in NSW to Connect Snowy 2.0 to the Grid

The $4.89 billion HumeLink transmission project, a critical component in connecting the Snowy 2.0 expansion to Australia’s electricity grid, has received …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Grid Connection for Flamanville EPR

France connected the EPR to the power grid for the first time on 21st December 2024Unit 3 of the Flamanville NPP in in the Cotentin region of Normandy in northe…

Power Construction

US Startup Launches Off-Grid DC Solutions to Bypass US Grid Delays

US startup DC Grid has launched new off-grid DC solutions to address growing power demand, betting its DC modules can help bypass interconnection queues.Thousan…

Electricity Transmission

Major NSW Transmission Projects Get a Towering $1.9 Billion CEFC Investment

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed up to $1.9 billion to back developer Transgrid in delivery of tranmissions projects HumeLink and the New Sout…

Electricity Transmission

Hydro One to Build New 160-Mile, 500-Kilovolt Transmission Line in Northeast Ontario

The proposed project is intended to support the rapid increase in electricity demand expected in northern Ontario to accommodate electrification of communities,…

Solar project

New York’s Morris Ridge Solar Project Goes Online

Morris Ridge Solar is expected to generate enough energy to meet more than 47,000 New York households’ energy needs.The Morris Ridge Solar project is full…

Transformer

Transformer Explosion at South African Coal Power Leaves Nine Injured

An explosion at an Eskom coal-fired power plant injured nine employees last week. The utility believes a rupture of a high-pressure steam steel pipe caused the …

Microgrid

EV Charging Microgrid Project Powered by Lead Batteries

The developers of the first-of-its-kind lead battery-powered EV charging station, currently located in Missouri, say they plan to roll it out across the US.Batt…

Photovoltaic （PV）

China Southern Power Grid Has Announced the Results of Its First Batch of Its PV Module Tenders for 2024

China Southern Power Grid has announced the results of its first batch of its PV module tenders for 2024, with bid prices ranging between CNY 0.668 ($0.092)/W a…

Electricity Transmission

Indigenous Energy Developer Tapped for NWIS Transmission Infrastructure

Australia’s largest Indigenous-led renewable energy initiatives, the Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation, has been awarded project priority status for the Wes…

Virtual power plants

Plico Virtual Power Plant Activates 2,500 Home Batteries to Counter WA Heatwave

Western Australia’s clean energy solutions company Plico has seen its virtual power plant activated twice during recent heatwave warnings for the state, o…

PowerGrid Technology

Belgian Startup Raises $2.5 Million for Grid Orchestration Software

Powernaut’s software balances local generation from decentralized devices such as solar panels, batteries, and heat pumps with the needs of the power grid…

Microgrid

Hithium Unveiles 6.25 MWh BESS, Sodium-Ion Battery Cell, Installation-Free Home Microgrid

A trifecta of cutting-edge products debuted at Hithium’s second Eco Day event held in Beijing on Thursday.Chinese energy storage specialist Hithium has us…

PowerGrid Technology

Patents to Add AI to Power Grids Are Surging, Says IEA

New patents to integrate artificial intelligence into global grids have grown sixfold over the past few years, with China driving overall innovation momentum. T…