Electricity grid

Offshore Wind Power
French Floating Wind Pilot Project Starts Delivering Power to Grid
The first of three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines at the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project in France has started delivering megawatt-hours of po…
Energy Investment
U.S. DOE Invests Nearly US$15 Million to Enhance Hydropower’s Ability to Support Electricity Grids
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced nearly US$15 million for nine research and development projects to increase hydropower's ability to respon…
Power Construction
Ireland’s EirGrid Awards Contracts for Renewables Integration Technologies
Irish electricity grid operator EirGrid has awarded four contracts for renewables integration technologies, specifically synchronous condensers, to support Irel…
Battery
US Power Grid Added Battery Equivalent Of 20 Nuclear Reactors In Past Four Years
Faced with worsening climate-driven disasters and an electricity grid increasingly supplied by intermittent renewables, the US is rapidly installing huge batter…
Electricity Transmission
Three Power Grid Projects Get $208M From Dept. Of Energy
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell Friday announced three new federal grants totaling $208.4 million that will help utility providers in Washington modernize their ele…
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
First Hinkley Point B Reactor Free of Fuel
Hinkley Point B (Image: EDF Energy)The Hinkley Point B plant was first synchronised to the electricity grid in February 1976. The plant generated more than 311 …
Energy Storage Project
624 MWh Battery Project Breaks Ground in the UK
The 300 MW/624 MWh Cellarhead BESS will be connected to National Grid’s Cellarhead substation in the West Midlands and will play a critical role in stabilizing…
Energy Storage Project
Uzbekistan to Build Its First Big Battery
Uzbekistan is in line for its first grid-scale battery energy storage project as it seeks to stabilize and strengthen its existing electricity grids and ramp up…
Tidal Energy
How Much Tidal Energy Can Alaska's Electricity Grid Support?
(photo courtesy NREL)A report released by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that the existing power grid in Alaska known as the Railbelt can suppor…
Offshore Wind Power
The EU Grid Action Plan Will Help Wind Energy and Photovoltaics, but Urgent Action Is Needed Against Excessive Connection Queues.
On 28 November the EU Commission launched an Action Plan for Grids – a 14-point plan to modernise Europe’s electricity grid and prepare for the rene…
Offshore Wind Power
Plans Submitted to Link 6 GW of Offshore Wind Farms to New Jersey Grid
National Grid Ventures (NGV) and Con Edison Transmission have submitted plans for building a transmission infrastructure that will connect offshore wind power t…
Renewable Energy
Hitachi Energy and SP Energy Networks to Boost Renewable Energy Flow
- Innovative combination of two technologies strengthens grid stability and enhances the flow of renewable energy from Scotland to England.- Up to 280-megawatts…
Renewable Energy
Dutch Pension Funds Willing to Invest Billions in Energy Transition
The Netherlands' five largest pension funds on Wednesday said they were willing to invest billions in the country's energy transition and to help suppor…
Coal Trade
Vietnam boosts coal imports as it promises investors no more power cuts
A worker fixes electricity grid in Vietnam's southern Mekong delta city of Can Tho, August 23, 2015. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo Purchase Licensing RightsVietna…
Offshore Wind Power
UK ESO Unveils GBP 58 Billion Grid Investment Plan to Reach 86 GW of Offshore Wind by 2035
Great Britain’s electricity system operator (ESO) has proposed a GBP 58 billion (approximately EUR 68 billion) investment in the electricity grid. The pro…

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Electricity grid

French Floating Wind Pilot Project Starts Delivering Power to Grid

U.S. DOE Invests Nearly US$15 Million to Enhance Hydropower’s Ability to Support Electricity Grids

Ireland’s EirGrid Awards Contracts for Renewables Integration Technologies

US Power Grid Added Battery Equivalent Of 20 Nuclear Reactors In Past Four Years

Three Power Grid Projects Get $208M From Dept. Of Energy

First Hinkley Point B Reactor Free of Fuel

624 MWh Battery Project Breaks Ground in the UK

Uzbekistan to Build Its First Big Battery

How Much Tidal Energy Can Alaska's Electricity Grid Support?

The EU Grid Action Plan Will Help Wind Energy and Photovoltaics, but Urgent Action Is Needed Against Excessive Connection Queues.

Plans Submitted to Link 6 GW of Offshore Wind Farms to New Jersey Grid

Hitachi Energy and SP Energy Networks to Boost Renewable Energy Flow

Dutch Pension Funds Willing to Invest Billions in Energy Transition

Vietnam boosts coal imports as it promises investors no more power cuts

UK ESO Unveils GBP 58 Billion Grid Investment Plan to Reach 86 GW of Offshore Wind by 2035