July 7, 2017
Energy policies have started to move to centre stage in Africa due to the increased focus on rapid economic growth. The governments of African countries are adopting ambitious targets for power generation, backed by far-reaching reforms of their energy sectors.
June 9, 2017
The Central Asian countries—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan—are endowed with vast energy resources, including the large oil and coal reserves of Kazakhstan, the sizeable gas reserves of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and the significant hydropower resources of Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan.
May 10, 2017
The three North American countries – USA, Canada and Mexico – are working together to integrate their electricity grid networks and enhance power trade opportunities.
April 10, 2017
Digital technologies are playing an increasingly important role in energy infrastructure. A smarter energy system can control energy production, transmit information about consumption and monitor demand with better precision and faster response.
March 14, 2017
According to Global Transmission Research estimates, the global high voltage transmission line network comprised around 4,112,200 km of 110 kV and above lines at the end of 2015.
February 17, 2017
The performance of the electricity transmission grid depends heavily on the reliability of high voltage (HV) equipment in the system. While the reliability of HV equipment has increased over the last many decades, project developers refrain from connecting a finished product straight from the manufacturing site to the system.
January 12, 2017
The year 2016 presented a mixed bag for the global electricity transmission sector. While several policy and regulatory initiatives were undertaken across most continents to facilitate grid expansion and strengthening, mainly to connect new and renewable energies, transmission investments in several countries suffered due to the economic slowdown.
November 7, 2016
In the era of power market liberalisation, unscheduled power flows (also known as loop flows) are seen as a major problem by network operators in several regions across the globe.
October 14, 2016
Given the forecast growth in global renewable energy capacity, energy storage systems (ESS) are expected to play a crucial role in helping grid operators maintain system stability while facilitating the efficient integration of renewables into the networks.
September 9, 2016
One of the key innovations in recent times in power system engineering and architecture has been the integration of smart technologies in order to manage the rapid load growth, improve operational efficiencies, reduce technical and commercial losses, and maintain reliability.
August 10, 2016
Globally, the electric vehicle (EVs) market is expanding significantly, with the increasing focus of countries on reducing their carbon footprints. As per International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates, more than 1 million EVs were on the road in 2015.
July 14, 2016
The European Union (EU) has been at the forefront of international efforts to achieve the targets set in the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) global climate deal.
June 10, 2016
A renewable energy revolution is being witnessed across the world. In 2014, 28 per cent of Germany's total energy demand was RE-based while in 2013, 42 per cent of energy demand in Spain was renewable-based. As per International Energy Agency's Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2015, renewable energy will represent the largest single source of electricity growth over the next five years.
May 10, 2016
With over two decades of regulatory and structural changes, the United States (US) today has one of most diverse and liberalised electricity industries in the world. There are over 3,200 electric utilities operating in the generation and supply businesses.
April 6, 2016
In recent years, the US power market has witnessed a significant rise in mega transactions to help companies reduce business risk and create stable returns.
March 10, 2016
The much hyped and ambitious Clean Power Plan (CPP) announced by United States (US) President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in August 2015 has been put on hold by a Supreme Court ruling in February 2016.
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.