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National Grid awards £328 million contracts to manage grid stability
- 2020-01-30 06:19:08.598994
- David Flin
The UK National Grid Electricity System Operator has awarded contracts valued at £328 million over six years to manage the stability of the electricity grid.
Puerto Rico’s largest power plant could be offline for a year
- 2020-01-10 05:19:24
- David Flin
Jose Ortiz, Executive Director of the power utility PREPA, said that Puerto Rico’s largest power plant could remain out of action for up to a year because of earthquake damage.
Vietnam to buy 1500 GWh of power annually from Laos
- 2020-01-06 05:55:38.981240
- David Flin
Vietnam’s state power utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has announced it will buy around 1500 GWh of electricity a year from Laos for two years starting in 2021.
Plans progress for UK-France power link
- 2020-01-03 06:16:45.844074
- David Flin
Registration of interested parties has started for the Aquind HVDC power project, after its application was accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate.
Malta-Sicily interconnector non-operational for several months
- 2019-12-31 06:47:58.590918
- David Flin
Jason Vella, CEO of Enemalta, has confirmed that the Malta-Sicily interconnector was severely damaged by a ship’s anchor on 23 December, and will be out of action until at least the end of February.
Joint electricity grid between Egypt and Sudan to start operating in January
- 2019-12-30 05:27:06.090064
- David Flin
Ayman Hamza, a spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy said that a 50MW grid connection between the Egyptian and Sudanese electricity grids will start operation on 12 January, 2020.
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.
