Transmission & distribution and smart grid - Page 2

Ramboll wins major agreements with Statnett
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 by Ramboll has been provisionally awarded several framework agreements with the TSO Statnett with a potential contract value of NOK 1.6 billion over the next eight years. These...

National Grid connects Dogger Bank
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 by National Grid has connected Dogger Bank, the world’s largest offshore wind farm to its electricity transmission network following the extension of its Creyke Beck 400 kV substation...

Prysmian wins two major cable projects in Germany
Tuesday, October 03, 2023 by Prysmian PowerLink, part of Prysmian Group, has been awarded new contracts worth in total around €1.1 billion by 50Hertz, a transmission grid operator in Germany. As part of the...

Hitachi Energy selected for the UK’s longest HVDC link
Tuesday, August 01, 2023 by Hitachi Energy has been selected as the preferred technology provider by SSEN Transmission and National Grid to supply two high-voltage direct current converter stations for a...

Nexans awarded record-breaking cable contract
Tuesday, August 01, 2023 by Nexans has been awarded the major turnkey contract, valued at €1.43 billion, for the section of the EuroAsia Interconnector that links Greece and Cyprus. As a critical part of a...

Viking interconnector joins UK and Danish grids
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 by The British and Danish electricity grids have been physically connected for the first time, following the completion on 19 July of cable works on the Viking Link 1400 MW HVDC interconnector.

Prysmian reaches EGL1 HVDC cable milestone
Tuesday, July 11, 2023 by Prysmian Group has reached an important contractural milestone with SP Transmission plc and National Grid Electricity Transmission plc, two of the UK’s transmission grid owners.

Gulf-to-Europe hydrogen pipeline posited
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 by RINA, the inspection, certification and consulting engineering specialist, and AFRY, a prominent European firm in engineering, design, and advisory services, have undertaken an...

ERCOT launches grid notification tool
Tuesday, June 06, 2023 by ERCOT (the Electric Reliability Council of Texas) has announced the start up of the Texas Advisory and Notification System (TXANS), a new communications tool that will deliver...

UK offshore transmission auction announced
Tuesday, June 06, 2023 by Britain’s energy regulator Ofgem has put out a call to prospective investors looking to bid for £7 billion worth of offshore transmission assets that are set to be auctioned off in...

Prysmian invests in new plant strategy
Tuesday, June 06, 2023 by Prysmian Group is to invest around €120 million in its strategic plant in Pikkala, Finland. The investment – in addition to the €100 million already provided in 2022 – is aimed at...

Prysmian is preferred bidder for UK’s EGL2 link
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 by Prysmian Group has received notification from SSEN Transmission, and National Grid Electricity Transmission, Great Britain’s electricity transmission network owners, that it has...

National Grid launches ‘largest overhaul in generations’
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 by National Grid has launched what it is calling ‘the largest overhaul of the grid in generations’. It plans to invest £16 billion between 2021 and 2026 to support the UK’s net zero...

Funding for net zero innovation projects
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 by The UK National Grid’s electricity transmission and distribution networks have been granted nearly £1m, from a scheme by regulator Ofgem, for eight innovation projects.

22 GW of offshore HVDC connections awarded by TenneT
Tuesday, April 04, 2023 by Dutch/German transmission system operator TenneT has awarded 11 contracts of 2 GW each to bring green electricity from the North Sea to land in unprecedented volumes. It has secured...

Italy's largest islands connected to the mainland
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 by To claim the maximum benefit from renewable energy in the future, the islands of Sardinia, Sicily and the Italian mainland must be able to flexibly exchange electricity. To help make...

National Grid energises world’s first T-pylons
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 by National Grid has successfully energised 36 of the world’s first pylons in the new T-design between Bridgwater and Loxton in Somerset, SW England. The new pylons have been constructed...

Trial of drone-mounted field sensors for pylon inspections
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 by The UK’s National Grid and The University of Manchester are working together to develop a new drone-mountable system that will allow live inspections of overhead transmission...

NKT and Prysmian to create ‘world’s largest offshore cable systems’
Tuesday, March 07, 2023 by NKT and Prysmian are to install five 525 kV XLPE HVDC cable connections for Dutch 2 GW projects to be completed between 2028 and 2030.