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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.
Middle East North Africa region needs $209 billion investment in power sector
- 2019-07-16 06:38:49.166044
- David Flin
The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp) has issued a report that states that the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region will need to invest $209 billion in the power sector between 2019-2023.
China launches its longest EHV power line
- 2019-07-04 05:08:11.121650
- David Flin
China has launched its longest extra-high voltage (EHV) power transmission line, connecting the far western region of Xinjiang and the eastern province of Anhui.
Siemens hands over its 100th static synchronous compensator to Amprion
- 2019-07-02 05:38:07.452087
- David Flin
Siemens delivered a converter for a grid stabilisation system for voltage regulation to the German transmission grid operator Amprion, the one-hundredth STATCOM (static synchronous compensator) from its SVC PLUS series.
Mozambique secures $420 million grants for transmission upgrades
- 2019-06-24 06:26:53.832561
- David Flin
The World Bank has approved $420 million in grants to strengthen Mozambique’s energy transmission system.
Preliminary report into Argentine blackout blames transmission failures
- 2019-06-19 04:45:39.671909
- David Flin
A preliminary report from Edesur, one of Argentina’s largest electricity distributors, problems with two 500 kV transmission lines were the proximate cause of the national blackout on 16 June.
