South Africa was hit by power cuts on 5 December after a number of generating units broke down, forcing the state utility Eskom to cut 2000MW from the national grid on a rotational basis.
Tata Power has announced that it will create a new arm, TP Renewable Microgrid, to set up 10,000 microgrids to provide power to five million homes across the country.
Yukon Energy’s board of directors has cancelled the proposal to build a new 20MW generating station powered by fossil fuels in Yukon, Canada.
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has announced plans to invest “tens of millions” of dollars to expand its range of SF6-free high-voltage substation equipment to include all key high-voltage levels by 2025.
EIT InnoEnergy, Europe’s largest sustainable energy innovation engine, announced the launch of the online Business Investment Platform (BIP) for the battery value chain at the European Battery Alliance’s (EBA) EBA250 stakeholder meeting.
GE has announced that it has made available three new grid analytics that combine domain expertise with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for electric grid operations.
CDC Group, the overseas investment arm of the UK Government, has announced that it will invest $300 million to develop electricity networks in Africa.
GE’s Grid Solutions business has completed key upgrades on Hydro Quebec’s Montagnais substation’s protection and control systems.
Siemens and TÜV SÜD are collaborating to provide digital safety and security assessment to address the growing risk of cyberattacks on critical energy infrastructure.
The whole of Lekki district in Lagos, Nigeria, was subject to a total blackout following a complete system collapse starting 15.09 hours on 28 April.