#power grid

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.

Elsewedy Electric and The Arab Contractors have connected three hydro turbine generators to Tanzania’s national grid.

The initiative focuses on the deployment of advanced conductors and grid enhancing technologies, aiming to enhance transmission capacity and efficiency.

The projects include the installation of substation equipment, 28 underground and 69 overhead transformers, 938 sections of underground and overhead cable and 241 poles.

Germany, Munich/Denmark, Fredericia: Siemens Energy and Danish state-owned Energinet have announced a €1.4 billion (DKK 10.5 billion) framework agreement to renew Denmark’s energy infrastructure. To…

Kuwait Oil Company has sealed an agreement with the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy to link 1 GW of renewable energy plants to the national electricity grid.

National Grid is working with Smart Wires on an innovation project to make better use of grid enhancing technologies such as advanced power flow controllers.

Terna announced plans to help the country integrate renewable energy sources into its economy and make the network digital and more flexible.

The country aims to reduce its reliance on coal.

This includes the first five awards totalling $139 million under the Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program and $2.2 billion in funding to 39 projects.

The firm will conduct a project for 500 kV underground power network between Badr City and the new HVDC converter station.

Distribution system operators of DTEK Grids plan to invest UAH 4 billion ($103.7 million) in the power grids in Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv regions and Kyiv in 2024.