#power grid

Australia invests $5.3 B to connect New South Wales’ renewable energy zones and Snowy 2.0 hydro project to the electrical grid.

People are vandalizing electrical equipment in the USA at a pace unseen in at least a decade, amid signs that domestic extremists use blackouts to sow unrest.

group of House Democrats is pushing Congress to use the powerful Defense Production Act (DPA) to rapidly produce electric transformers.

Romania, Bucharest: Romania plans to invest $1.45 B in its transmission grid over the period of the next 10 years.

USA: California on 5 September called a power grid emergency amid a historic heat wave that is pushing the state’s grid to its brink.

USA, Washington, D.C.: The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $45 M to fund protection of the electric grid from cyberattacks.

Canada, Ontario, Fort William First Nation: Wataynikaneyap Power has announced the completion and energization of a 230 kV line.

South Africa: Eskom says it plans to add at least 30 GW of new generation capacity – mainly from solar and wind energy sources – to the system over the next 10 years.

India: Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has announced the commissioning of a 765 kV line connecting the northern and western regional grids.

Singapore: Linde required a grid integration solution to connect its new gasification plant in Singapore to the high-voltage power grid.

Uzbekistan, Tashkent: The World Bank has approved a $380 M loan for the implementation of an investment project by the National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan.

The length of electricity network was expanded by more than 15.000 km in the previous Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended on March 19).

Chile will tender $398 M in new transmission projects as part of a push to expand transmission capacity in the power grid

Missouri, USA: A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday gave approval to the state’s portion of a controversial wind power transmission line that would provide energy from the Midwest to a power grid for eastern states.

Estonia: Estonian transmission system operator Elering plans to invest $122 M (€111 M) in Phase 2 of a project synchronizing the power grids of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, with those of the rest of the European Union.

US: Researchers will launch new projects to enhance the reliability and resilience of the US national power grid as part of a nationwide project worth $80 M.

Iran: Iran has struck an initial agreement with Syria to rebuild Damascus’s power grid, state media reported on Saturday.

Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico unveiled the details of a $20 B plan to strengthen and modernize its shaky power grid, more than two years after Hurricane Maria.

Corpoelec is patching up the country’s dilapidated power grid by cannibalizing electricity turbines, transformers and other equipment following a string of catastrophic blackouts in March and early April.

US, New Mexico, Roswell: Xcel Energy has completed a multi-year $24 M project to boost the reliability and capacity of the city’s power grid.

Terna said it would spend a record $7.1 B (6.2 B euros) on its power grid to deal with the shift toward the production of more renewable energy.

Egypt postpones electricity interconnection with South Sudan due to a delay in the implementation.

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) are developing the computer modeling methods and data sheets needed for optimization of soft magnetic components and improvement of the power grid.

Ivory Coast, Abidjan: Ivory Coast, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, signed a $776 million loan deal with China Exim Bank on Wednesday to pay for the upgrades to its national power grid, according to the country’s prime minister.

Germany, Winterbach: Pfisterer, a German provider of system and component solutions in energy transmission, has launched a new mobile energy system which allows robust and scalable power grids to be created from renewable sources of energy.

India, Mumbai: Power Grid, India’s largest transmission utility, has placed $46 million of orders with Avantha Group Company Crompton Greaves (CG) for the supply, erection, testing and commissioning of power transformers at various substations across India.

India, Uttar Pradesh: Alstom T&D India has been awarded three contracts valued at around €33 million by Powergrid Corporation of India Limited (Power Grid) to supply power transformers and shunt reactors for 765/400 kV substation situated at Agra in Uttar Pradesh and spare units of 765 kV transformers and reactors as part of Eastern and Southern Region Strengthening Schemes.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won an order worth around $30 million from Norwegian transmission system operator Statnett SF to supply power transformers that will help increase the capacity of the country’s central power grid, bolstering its energy security and ability to transmit more renewable energy.