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Geothermal Heating Project

Star Energy and Veolia Partner to Support Geothermal Heating Projects in the UK

Star Energy Group, a British energy company, has announced a new partnership with Veolia, a French infrastructure company, to jointly develop large-scale geothe…

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

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…

Offshore Wind Power

PGE Baltica Awards Geophysical Survey Contract for 975 MW Polish Offshore Wind Farm

PGE Baltica, a Polish energy company, has signed an agreement with Geofizyka Toruń SA to conduct a geophysical survey for the Baltica 9 offshore wind farm. The…

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…

Japan

NEC Claims Japan’s Longest Wireless Optical Data Link With 10KM Test

NEC Corporation has successfully conducted Japan’s longest terrestrial free-space optical (FSO) communication, achieving a distance exceeding 10 kilometer…

Peru

Acciona to Build 330KM-Long Peru Power Line

Acciona, a Spanish infrastructure company, has secured a €250 million contract to design, finance, construct, operate, and maintain a 330-kilometer, 220-kilovo…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

EDF Appeal Dismissed Over Czech New Nuclear Tender Process

The Czech Republic’s competition authority, the Office for the Protection of Competition (UOHS), has rejected an appeal by EDF regarding the selection pro…

Electric Vehicles

GM to Increase Production at Ohio Transmission Facility

General Motors (GM) is increasing transmission production at its Toledo, Ohio plant, focusing on components for gasoline-powered vehicles instead of electric ve…

Wind Farm

Prysmian’s Monna Lisa Picks up Its First Cable for Largest US Offshore Wind Farm-To-Be

Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV), Monna Lisa, has been loaded with submarine cable for the first time at the Arco Felice plant in Italy. The cable…

Electricity Transmission

TAQA Acquires Transmission Investment, Expands Presence in UK Offshore Electricity Transmission Sector

The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has acquired Transmission Investment, a UK-based company specializing in electricity transmission development and s…

Offshore Wind Power

Cable Laying Work Starts on Amprion’s BorWin4, DolWin4 Offshore Grid Connections

The installation of onshore cables has commenced in Lower Saxony, Germany, for the BorWin4 and DolWin4 grid connection projects, marking the start of cable-layi…

Electricity Transmission

China’s Power Use Up 2.5 Pct in Q1

China’s electricity consumption, a vital indicator of economic activity, showed consistent growth in the first quarter of 2025, according to data released…