Transmission

Afghanistan

CASA-1000 power transmission project to launch in summer 2027 after work completed in Afghanistan

Work in Afghanistan on infrastructure to connect to the CASA-1000 Central Asia - South Asia regional power transmission project will be completed in the spring …

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan ratifies green energy transmission deal with Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan

April 9 ,The Senate or the upper chamber of Kazakhstan's parliament passed a law ratifying a strategic partnership agreement on the production and transmiss…

Hydropower Plant

POWERGRID Successfully Commissions Transmission System for Arun-3 Nepal Hydroelectric Project

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) informed the stock exchanges on March 27, 2026 that it has commissioned the Transmission System for Power Ev…

United Kingdom

€693 million financing to support UK’s subsea electricity superhighway

ScottishPower, through its parent company Iberdrola, has secured £600 million (around €693 million) in financing from the National Wealth Fund to sup…

Nuclear Reactor

Tepco Restarts No. 6 Reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant After Part Replacement

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) announced on Sunday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture has resum…

Canada

SaskPower to link north-south power grids with new transmission line

The Government of Saskatchewan has approved SaskPower’s North-South Transmission Systems Interconnection project. The new transmission lines, which will connec…

Armenia

Armenia secures €135m for energy grid revamp, linking to Europe

Two new financing agreements worth €135 million have been signed to support Armenia’s Caucasus Transmission Network project.The deals were signed on …

World Bank Funds Uzbekistan to Repair Natural Gas Pipeline Network Leaks

The World Bank recently approved a $10.6 million grant to support Uzbekistan in repairing leaks in its aging natural gas transmission system. This project aims …

MPF Recommends Suspension of Transmission Line Construction Permits in MG, SP, and GO States

Recently, the Brazilian Federal Public Ministry (MPF) has proposed a recommendation to suspend the construction permits for transmission lines in the states of …

Australian Company 1414 Degrees' 140MW Energy Storage Project Receives Key Regulatory Approval

Australian thermal energy storage technology company 1414 Degrees obtained the Generator Performance Standards (GPS) approval from the Australian Energy Market …

Maintenance Commences on Power Transmission Lines of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Scheduled critical maintenance work has begun on the Ferosplavna-1 330-kilovolt backup power transmission line connecting the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant t…

GE Vernova Secures First HVDC Line Refurbishment Contract in India

GE Vernova announced that it has secured a contract from India's national transmission company, Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID), to refurbish th…

Laos Mahaxay Power Transmission and Transformation Project Commences Construction

Recently, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Laos 230kV Mahaxay Power Transmission and Transformation Project, led and EPC-contracted by China Energy Engineeri…

Electricity Transmission

SSE’s Transmission Arm Secures $1.34 Billion UK-Backed Facility for Scotland Power Grid

SSEN Transmission, primarily owned by SSE Plc (SSE.L), has obtained a £1 billion($1.34 billion) 12-year bank facility to fund significant electricity grid…

HVDC

Xizang’s First Ultra-High Voltage Power Link Begins Operations

A converter station situated at an elevation of 3,720 meters successfully completed a 168-hour trial operation on Thursday. This achievement marks the commencem…