Transmission & distribution and smart grid - Page 1

Emerson to buy Open Systems International Inc.
Tuesday, September 01, 2020 by Emerson has agreed to acquire Open Systems International for $1.6 billion in an all cash transaction. OSI Inc. is a leading operations technology software provider that...

Siemens delivers technology for seventh offshore wind farm connection
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 by Siemens Energy is to supply a new HVDC connection to the BorWin5 offshore array in the North Sea. A contract has been agreed between the German-Dutch network operator TenneT and...

Shetland link supplier announced
Wednesday, August 05, 2020 by Hitachi ABB Power Grids has won the order from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission, part of the UK energy major SSE plc, to enable Europe’s first...

Green light for Scottish island link
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 by UK energy regulator Ofgem has given the go-ahead for the construction of a 600 MW HVDC interconnector between the Scottish mainland and the Shetland Islands. The decision was...

Longest subsea link reaches construction milestone
Wednesday, July 08, 2020 by National Grid and Statnett report that North Sea Link, a 1.4 GW, 720 km subsea interconnector between Norway and Britain, has reached the halfway point of construction. On the way it...

SuedLink contracts awarded to Prysmian and NKT
Wednesday, July 01, 2020 by German TSOs TenneT and TransnetBW have selected NKT and Prysmian to supply and install two 525 kV XLPE insulated underground cables for the SuedLink. The two cable manufacturers will...

‘Power bridge’ to connect Crete to mainland Greece
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 by A consortium led by Siemens Gas and Power has been awarded a turnkey contract for two converter stations for the HVDC link that will connect Crete, Greece’s largest and most...

Ofgem approves 600 MW Shetland link
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 by Ofgem has approved a proposal by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) to build a 600 MW subsea electricity transmission link from the Shetland Isles to mainland Scotland....

ABB partners with China’s state grid
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 by ABB’s Power Grids business has won several major orders to supply advanced HVDC converter transformers and high-voltage equipment for three 800 kV ultrahigh-voltage direct current...

Vattenfall inks HKZ grid connection agreement
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 by Vattenfall and TenneT have signed an agreement for the offshore grid connection for the Hollandse Kust Zuid 3&4 offshore wind farm.

Terna initiates power system upgrade
Thursday, February 27, 2020 by Ansaldo Energia and ABB have won a 70 million euro order from Terna to improve the quality of the electric power system in Italy.

ABB pioneers new Statcom technology
Thursday, February 13, 2020 by ABB’s Power Grids business has completed the installation of the world’s first hybrid static compensator (Statcom).

Three UK firms will pay £10.5 million blackout fine
Wednesday, January 08, 2020 by Three energy companies in the UK have agreed to pay fines totalling £10.5 million following a power cut that affected over 1 million people.

GE celebrates 100 years of supplying synchronous condensers
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 by GE is celebrating 100 year anniversary of the supply of its first synchronous condenser, and in November officially inaugurated a new unit at the Uchtelfangen substation.

First use of HVDC for offshore WTG link
Wednesday, November 06, 2019 by ABB is to supply its HVDC Light converter systems to connect what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farms to the UK grid.

GE expands its SF6-free HV portfolio
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 by GE has announced plans to invest heavily in expanding by 2025 its range of SF6-free high-voltage substation equipment to include all voltage levels.

Dominion files grid application for 2.6 GW project
Wednesday, October 09, 2019 by US utility Dominion Energy has filed an application with a regional transmission organisation (RTO) to connect a planned large-scale offshore win farm to the grid.

Final report on UK power blackouts
Monday, September 16, 2019 by The TSO's final report into the UK's power blackout on 9 August has concluded that it was caused by a combination of rare events acting together, nut not necessarily unpredictably.

Fingrid strengthens its grid ties
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 by Fingrid has announced plans to strengthen the electricity transmission connection between the north and south of Finland with the installation of two 400 MVA power transformers.