January 11, 2016
In 2015, there has been some progress on the regulatory front in many countries in streamlining the processes for approval of the electricity transmission projects.
December 8, 2015
European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) recently released the six Regional Investment Plans (RegIP2015) along with a list of project candidates for the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) 2016.
November 10, 2015
The US is expanding and strengthening the country's transmission infrastructure in order to deal with the changing energy landscape due to growing attention on climate change and increasing dependence on domestic energy sources.
October 6, 2015
The global grid-scale energy storage market is expanding fast with the rise in the use of renewable energy sources. Energy storage systems play crucial role in providing a cushion to stablise the intermittency associated with such resources.
September 10, 2015
Traditionally, the power sector has been operated by state-owned vertically integrated monopolies. However, over the last decade or so, such vertically integrated utilities have not been able to cope with the high levels of investments in electric power systems associated with the rising demand for electricity.
August 10, 2015
The global undersea cable market is primarily driven by capital expenditures on offshore wind installations, cross-border links and remote area connections.
July 13, 2015
The European Commission (EC) has been making a concerted effort to establish an integrated common energy market. To this end, policy-level support is being extended to projects that are crucial for developing a modern transmission infrastructure.
June 10, 2015
Energy demand in Asia is expected to increase by 2.4 per cent annually over the next 20 years. Within the region, the highest growth in energy demand is expected to take place in East Asia (4.8 per cent annually) and South Asia (3.5 per cent annually).
May 7, 2015
As per Global Transmission Research estimates, the global high voltage transmission line network comprised over 4,075,000 km of 110 kV and above lines at the end of 2014.
April 10, 2015
Economies across the world are continuously working towards increasing their installed power generation capacity and expanding their transmission networks to meet the ever-growing demand for power.
March 10, 2015
Europe has been rigorously working towards establishing an integrated common energy market, particularly since the adoption of the Third Internal Energy Market Package in 2009.
January 8, 2015
Encouraging competition by announcing several regulatory initiatives and improving the various approval processes were the main focus of the regulators of North and Latin American countries to attract higher investments in the power transmission segment.
December 10, 2014
Since the announcement of Order 1000 in July 2011, a total of 51 transmission system operators/developers have submitted their compliance filings with the United States' FERC.
November 9, 2014
The past decade has witnessed African economies grow at over 4.6 per cent, higher than the world average of 2.7 per cent. In fact, 6 of the world's 10 fastest growing economies over the past decade are located in Africa, namely, Angola, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Chad, Mozambique and Rwanda.
October 1, 2014
Reactive power is a necessary evil�it does no work but is needed to move active power as it helps maintain the voltage levels necessary for active power to do useful work.
September 9, 2014
Economies across the world are continuously working towards achieving high levels of installed power generation capacity and expanding transmission networks to meet the ever increasing demand for power.
August 1, 2014
The grid-scale energy storage industry has witnessed several promising developments during the past few years, mainly on account of the increase in penetration of renewable energy sources and the drive towards continuous and reliable energy supply.
July 10, 2014
Preparing the grid against cyber attacks and intrusions is one of the key challenges being faced by the US government and grid operators. Preparing the grid against cyber attacks and intrusions