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Power Construction

Saudi Arabia Seeks To Boost Electric Grid With New Funding

A Japanese bank syndicate $500mn will be used to make the Saudi electricity sector more sustainable and aligned to the national economic goals

Crude Oil

Oil Prices Inch Even Lower Following Devastating 7% Single-Day Loss

After plunging nearly 7% on Monday, oil prices saw a leveling off and even a smidgeon of a rebound on Tuesday in what many hope will be a new state of calm in t…

Power Construction

World's Largest Offshore Converter Station Successfully Installed

This will be the first time the flexible DC transmission technology is used on an offshore wind project in Asia, according to the developer.

Power Construction

SSEN Starts Onshore Works for Shetland HVDC link

SSEN Transmission has started work to install 10km of underground cable in Shetland and Caithness, marking a major milestone for the 600MW Shetland HVDC project…

Power Construction

Burns & McDonnell, Entergy Start Aerial Work to Build 230-kV Transmission Line Through Louisiana Marshes

Engineering, procurement and construction firm Burns & McDonnell has finally started work to build an oft-delayed, terrain-challenged 16-mile electric transmiss…

Energy Security

IS Militants Bomb 2 Power Transmission Towers in Iraq

Iraq has been witnessing a chronic power shortage since the US-led invasion in 2003, as the country's electricity plants generate a total of 19,000 megawatts, f…

Electricity Transmission

Nigeria: NDPHC Commences Work on 33kV Power Line to Electrify Community

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has commenced work on a new 15-kilometre 33kV line to restore power supply to a community in Nigeria that has been…

Electricity Transmission

India's Power Demand Surges to All-Time High; Crosses 200 GW Mark

According to the latest power ministry data, peak power demand or the highest supply in a day touched an all time high of 200.57 GW on Wednesday

China-Pakistan

New Transmission Line Under CPEC to Help Stabilize Pakistan's Power System: Minister

CPEC is of utmost importance for Pakistan. It will enable the country to enhance industrial production, upgrade energy and communication infrastructure and impr…

Power Construction

Iraq Can Fix Electricity Crisis by Planning Long-Term Reforms, IEA says

International Energy Agency experts say country’s power grid has all but collapsed as it is gripped by a searing heatwave

Geothermal Power Plant

Realtimeseismic Conducts Geothermal Surveys with STRYDE Technology

Pioneering seismic technology provider STRYDE has announced its nodes were used by realtimeseismic, a leading provider in developing real-time seismic solutions…

Digitalization

AVEVA and Wood Launch New Industrial Solution to Accelerate Digital Transformation

Wood has standardized its use of AVEVA™ Enterprise Resource Management as a key component of the Connected Build offering to its industrial clients globally.

Energy Storage Project

UK Activates First Transmission Network-Connected Battery Storage Project

The first lithium-ion battery energy storage project to be connected to a transmission network in the UK has been activated.

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.

Electricity Transmission

The $23BN Plan to Power Singapore from Australia

​Someone came up with the idea to build the world’s largest solar array in the Australian outback and then connect it to Singapore with a 3,750-kilometre unde…