June 10, 2014
Having achieved a surplus power generation capacity, improvement of the transmission and distribution (T&D) segment has emerged as a key area of focus in Qatar.
May 1, 2014
Ontario's long-term energy plan envisages a long-term shift in the province's energy profile. By 2025, it plans to enhance the share of renewable energy in grid power and use demand response for 10 per cent of peak demand
April 1, 2014
PT PLN is Indonesia's state-owned power utility and owns and operates over 75 per cent of the country's total installed capacity. It is the sole owner of the transmission and distribution assets in the country.
March 7, 2014
Israel's electricity sector was partially liberalised in 1996, allowing private developers to enter the generation segment. However, majority of the generation plants are still owned by the state-owned vertically integrated Israel Electric Corporation (IEC).
February 1, 2014
Duke Energy is among the largest electricity holding companies in the North American region. Of late, the company has initiated several key transmission projects to improve network reliability and provide connectivity to upcoming generation facilities.
January 13, 2014
By 2022, Lithuania's power transmission network will require investments of over LTL3 billion to accommodate upcoming generation capacities as well as to replace and refurbish existing assets. Some of the major cross-border transmission interconnections currently underway could help facilitate the country's integration with the European transmission network.
December 10, 2013
Replacement and refurbishment of ageing infrastructure is a key priority for transmission system operators in industrialised economies to maintain network reliability and provide for expected load growth.
November 1, 2013
Brazil has been steadily increasing its investments through government stimulus packages to maintain growth momentum.The energy segment has been a key area of focus.
October 4, 2013
Hungary liberalised its electricity market for all non-household consumers on July 1, 2004. However, most of the power sold in the liberalised market is imported from Ukraine and Slovakia, and as such the country's domestic power generation scenario has not really improved.
September 1, 2013
With rising power demand and increasing dependence on electricity imports, Namibia is striving to augment its power generation and transmission infrastructure to cater to future requirements.
August 1, 2013
During the first quarter of 2013, Dubai's power demand grew by 7 per cent over the corresponding period last year. This is attributed to the region's steady recovery in economic growth since the slowdown in 2009. By the end of 2012, gross domestic product in Dubai grew by 4.4 per cent with manufacturing becoming a particularly important sector.
July 1, 2013
Maharashtra, the second largest state in India, is also among the country's most industrialised states, with an estimated income growth of 7.1 per cent as of the year ended March 2013. In the next five years, the state has over 12,000 MW of planned capacity addition based on thermal power and 540 MW of capacities from solar power among other sources.
June 1, 2013
To provide for long-term energy security, Uruguay is striving for rapid capacity addition as well as diversification of its energy portfolio. To this end, it is pursuing renewable...
May 1, 2013
Significant investments have been planned to revamp Ukraine's power transmission network. This is part of the country's renewed efforts to improve power reliability by ...
April 1, 2013
Uganda's National Development Plan for 2011-15 projects a per capita electricity consumption of 674 kWh by 2015 and 3,668 kWh by 2040. To meet this demand, the country's...
March 1, 2013
Managing energy demand on an ageing asset base is the typical challenge for transmission system operators in developed countries. For many, this is the key driver...
February 1, 2013
Pakistan initiated gradual reforms of its power sector in the 1990s to attract private sector investments. Among other things, this led to a restructuring of the previous model of the state-owned, vertically integrated power company, which in turn resulted in the formation of the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) as the transmission system operator in Pakistan.
January 1, 2013
UAE's economic growth during 2013 is expected to be in the range of 3-4 per cent.Higher oil prices and a recovery in the real estate sector point to a revival and possible expansion in demand. Recent network planning exercises by the Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (TRANSCO) factored in a peak demand of 20 GW by 2018.
December 1, 2012
China's Twelfth Five-Year Plan emphasises objectives such as increased production of renewable energy, distribution generation, development of a smart grid and...
November 1, 2012
Political unrest in Egypt has had significant ramifications on the country's economic growth. Restoring the basic growth fundamentals is one of the key challenges for the new ...