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Puerto Rico’s utility calls for making the island into eight minigrids

• 2019-02-06 06:13:59.486035
• David Flin

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has issued a draft integrated resource plan (IRP) that calls for segmenting the island’s electrical grid into eight minigrids, along with myriad microgrids, and installing more energy storage than is currently available in the USA.

GE to combine renewable and grid assets into single business unit

• 2019-01-31 06:18:41.056156
• David Flin

GE has announced that it plans to consolidate its renewable and grid assets into a single unit. It said that this will help it tap into the global demand for clean energy generation.

Iraqi Ministry of Energy and GE Power inaugurate Baghdad West North substation

• 2019-01-24 05:53:40.164218
• David Flin

GE Power’s Grid Solutions business has inaugurated the Baghdad West North Substation as part of its support for the development of Iraq’s power infrastructure.

Centrica completes 49 MW battery facility in Cumbria, UK

• 2019-01-08 06:15:20.084890
• David Flin

Centrica has announced that it has completed work on a 49 MW battery storage facility on the former site of the Roosecote power station in Cumbria, UK.

Decentralise, decarbonise, devolve: the future of energy

• 2019-01-04 15:34:33
• Junior Isles

The energy sector is changing – with numerous factors reshaping an industry that must adapt to rising demand for renewable energy.

By Paul Dight, energy partner at Addleshaw Goddard

The end of peak time: readying for the rise of electric vehicles

• 2019-01-03 14:31:47.145139
• Junior Isles

Although they are the cleaner and more environmentally-friendly alternative, electric vehicles must still find their place in the UK's rapidly evolving energy grid. The challenge is not that electric vehicles demand more energy than we can supply, it is that they disrupt how that energy is distributed and supplied on our transmission networks.

By David Hall, Vice President Energy, UK & Ireland at Schneider Electric

Siemens completes construction of two substations in Egypt

• 2018-12-24 06:29:29.788846
• David Flin

Siemens has announced the completion of Samanoud and Aboul Matameer, two substations in Egypt built to transmit electricity from the Burullus power plant to the national grid.

Zimbabwe seeks funds to improve power infrastructure

• 2018-12-03 04:33:40.508836
• David Flin

A report from the African Development Bank (AfDB) states that Zimbabwe requires $1.2 billion to finance new power projects and repair ageing infrastructure.

IBRD to provide $310 million loan for Jharkhand power system

• 2018-11-21 04:37:18.927354
• David Flin

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has announced that it will extend a $310 million loan for India’s Jharkhand Power System Improvement Project.

Nigeria to add 945 MW to grid before end of year

• 2018-10-19 05:36:27.394712
• David Flin

Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works, and Housing for Nigeria, has said that an additional 945 MW would be added to the Nigerian national grid before the end of 2018.