#power grid

Three high-voltage autotransformers will support Ukraine’s grid stability, backed by funding from Japan, Sweden, and UNDP amid ongoing energy challenges.

Following the Iberian outage, an engineering expert outlines blackout causes, cross-border impact, and why high-risk areas face slower recovery.

$150 M programme will modernise outdated power infrastructure, support renewables, and reduce emissions across key regions in Uzbekistan.

The world’s first 765 kV ester-filled transformer sets new safety and environmental standards for ultra-high-voltage AC grids.

India added 13,440 MVA of transformation capacity in April 2025 alone, with PGCIL and AESL leading a public-private expansion drive to support renewables and transmission upgrades.

Hibbing Public Utilities proposes a 5 km 115 kV line and substation to strengthen grid reliability.

Manu Asthana is stepping down from PJM amid an 800 % surge in capacity prices, sparking scrutiny, market reforms, and political backlash.

The company delivered 62,577 GWh of electricity in the first quarter of 2025, driven by surging demand and the accelerating electrification of key global markets.

LS Power Solution expands its Ulsan plant to meet rising global demand for ultra-high-voltage transformers.

Siemens and CPFL Energia are deploying 1.6 million smart meters for residential customers in Brazil by 2029.

Ganz delivers a 60 MVA transformer for the UK’s Corner Copse Solar Farm, boosting renewable energy with advanced monitoring for efficiency and reliability.

Orlen’s unit Energa-Operator has obtained a PLN 7.5 billion ($1.9 billion) loan to fund the modernization of the power grid.

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are now unplugged from Russia’s electricity grid and have joined the European Union’s network.

A nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that intruded into a substation south of Colombo, the nation’s capital.

180000 customers are without power in the Republic of Ireland, as crews continue to repair damage to the electricity network caused by Storm Éowyn.

Iraq is aiming to buy 3250 MW of electricity from neighbouring countries in summer to tackle a supply shortage.

MISO has selected Ameren to build infrastructure projects worth around $1.3 billion to transmit energy to distribution grids in Missouri, Illinois and several Midwest states.

Romania’s national transmission company Transelectrica will implement a development plan for the transmission network worth RON 9.49 billion ($1.95 billion).

Iberdrola has presented its il.lumina project, in which it will invest €100 million for the redesign of the distribution network affected by Storm Dana on October 29th.

Consumers in Donetsk, Lviv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv oblasts were cut off from the power grid on 20 October.

Cuba is facing a severe power crisis, with millions of people left without electricity for days.

The German power grid is in need of a significant expansion and modernisation which would enable the integration of new producers and consumers.

Nigerian media has reported that the country’s national electricity grid collapsed again yesterday.

Egypt is expected to upgrade its energy infrastructure with a €165 million ($183 million) sovereign loan from the EBRD.