Spotlight

Detailed look at a specific topic or area of interest

• Future of HVDC: Complementing rather than competing with AC

  October 1, 2012
  Today, electricity grids across the world operate in alternating current (AC). Electricity is generated, transmitted and distributed as an AC. To meet the growing energy...

• Energy Cooperation in the Nordic Region: Moving from regional to EU-wide market

  September 10, 2012
  With around 7 per cent of Europe's total installed electricity generation capacity, 10.5 per cent of Europe's total electricity generation and 12.5 per cent of Europe's total ...

• SEE Grid Plans: Strengthening regional networks to facilitate market integration

  August 1, 2012
  The South East European (SEE) countries were once unified into a single power system. However, the conflicts of the 1990s resulted in the disintegration of the single grid into...

• Communication Needs in Transmission: For managing increasing grid complexity

  July 1, 2012
  Power grids across the globe are becoming increasingly complex with the growing share of renewable energy in the generation mix, requirements of meeting regulatory...

• Transmission Towers: New grid requirements drive design innovation

  June 1, 2012
  Transmission is one of the most crucial links in an electric grid. It enables the transfer of power generated from diverse energy sources located in remote places to consumers...

• Europe's Ten-year Grid Expansion Plan: To achieve EU energy policy goals

  May 1, 2012
  By 2022, Europe will witness a capacity addition of 250 GW, almost all of which (220 GW) will be based on renewable energy sources (RES). Further, most of this new capacity will be located farther away from the demand centres.

• Transmission Financing: Snapshot of discussions at our conference in London

  April 1, 2012
  The electricity transmission industry is in an expansion phase the world over, after a long period of limited investment and sluggish growth. In a recently published report, Global....

• Opportunities in the Middle East: Power demand drives network investments

  March 1, 2012
  The economic growth witnessed by the countries in the Middle East has resulted in burgeoning power demand in the region.This has led to significant investment in the ....

• Optical Transformers: Designed to meet needs of digital power network

  February 1, 2012
  Transformersare extremely crucial components of the power network, without which electricity would not be so easily available and widespread as it is today. They help in...

• Transmission Developments in 2011: Snapshot of major events across the globe

  January 1, 2012
  Though the importance of renewable energy has been growing in the past few years, it gained monumental significance in 2011 following Japan's Fukushima nuclear meltdown.

• EU's Priority Transmission Projects: Heading for an integrated energy market

  December 1, 2011
  The European Union (EU) is focused on achieving its energy objectives of ensuring security of supply, putting in place an effective internal energy market...

• Asset Management: Maximising business objectives of network companies

  November 1, 2011
  Electric power utilities constantly face challenges to achieve reliability and performance objectives. At the core of these demanding objectives are their capital-intensive assets.

• Underground High Voltage Cables: Justification for usage in Europe

  October 1, 2011
  World over, the usage of underground cables in place of overhead lines (OHL) is not uncommon. While cables have been in use for over half a century...

• Latest US Transmission Reforms: Aiming for greater transparency and competition

  September 1, 2011
  Transmission policy in the US has been undergoing major reforms, which were imminent in the context of the fast-changing energy landscape in the country.

• West African Power Pool: To benefit from diverse regional energy sources

  August 1, 2011
  West Africa has one of the lowest per capita electricity consumptions in the world, and has only a small proportion of population with access to electricity.

• Grid-Scale Energy Storage: Technology, regulation, business case and funding

  July 1, 2011
  Grid-scale energy storage has been receiving a lot of attention over the last few years. While the US has already taken a lead in the deployment of a few projects...

• Grid Technologies: To accommodate new energies and increase stability

  June 1, 2011
  Economies around the world are recognising the vital role modern transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure can play in providing stable, efficient and reliable...

• Wide Area Monitoring Systems: Increasing power system stability

  May 1, 2011
  Today's modern power systems have wide geographical spread and comprise of several interconnections, with power system components usually...

• Germany's Revised Renewable Plan: Requires EUR9.7 billion in grid investments

  April 1, 2011
  Germany, one of the world's leading producers in solar and wind power, plans to almost completely switch over to renewable energy to cater to 80 per cent of its power needs...

• FACTS: Stabilising networks, enhancing reliability

  March 1, 2011
  The increasing demand for energy, environmental and regulatory challenges of building new electricity networks along with the mandates to integrate higher levels...