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South Africa suffers power cuts as Eskom units break down
- 2019-12-06 05:16:04.137876
- David Flin
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.
Siemens to retrofit on of the largest substation in Germany
- 2019-11-15 05:28:51.927882
- David Flin
German transmission grid operator TransnetBW has commissioned Siemens to build new switchgear in the 380kV Daxlanden substation in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg.
ADB clears $450 million loan for power connectivity in India
- 2019-11-05 05:04:38.746959
- David Flin
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $450 million loan to strengthen power connectivity between the southern and northern parts of the Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil Nadu.
India looking at overhead electricity link with Sri Lanka
- 2019-10-28 04:26:07.517450
- David Flin
The Indian Government is exploring an option to set up an overhead electricity link with Sri Lanka to supply power to the island nation.
Iraq signs agreement to connect into Gulf power grid
- 2019-09-16 05:23:12.669695
- David Flin
Iraq has signed a deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for a transmission line that would import up to 500 MW to its overstretched grid by 2020.
UK National Grid urges review of back-up power after blackout
- 2019-09-11 06:08:28.665978
- David Flin
The UK’s National Grid has published a report into the power outages that affected Britain on 9 August, causing widespread disruption at rush hour, particularly into and out of London.
Siemens wins order for first HVDC link between Britain and Denmark
- 2019-08-27 06:26:24.778730
- David Flin
Siemens has been awarded a contract to deliver two converter stations for the first high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) link between Great Britain and Denmark.
Zambia power utility warns of increased power cuts
- 2019-08-23 05:27:52.906216
- David Flin
Zesco, Zambia’s power utility, has said that there will be more power cuts over the next few days because of limitations in power generation capacity.
Madhya Pradesh Energy Minister suffers power cut during press conference on power supply security
- 2019-08-21 05:40:45.358219
- David Flin
Priyvrat Singh, Energy Minister of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, faced some embarrassment when power supply to the state Congress office failed during a press conference he was addressing.
National Grid investigating cause of UK blackouts
- 2019-08-12 06:11:35.158348
- David Flin
The sudden loss of nearly 2GW of generation triggered a stress event and power cuts up and down the UK on the evening of 9 August 2019.
