October 10, 2017
The lack of significant regulatory and policy reforms in Nepal’s electricity market has been a serious setback to the generation, transmission and fair distribution...
September 5, 2017
A global transition to a low carbon economy is being witnessed. The United Kingdom (UK) has been a frontrunner in this transition with the government in 2008 establishing a legally binding target to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 80 per cent below 1990 levels by 2050.
August 8, 2017
The government has announced an ambitious goal to switch to electric cars by 2030 and phase out diesel and petrol cars. To understand the challenges of the proliferation of...
July 7, 2017
Canada’s energy regulator – National Energy Board (NEB) – is proposed to be restructured and modernised to position the entity as a modern, efficient and effective energy regulator. The move is also aimed at restoring public trust in the country’s regulatory process.
June 9, 2017
The US government’s 2018 budget proposal has caused quite a furor in the country’s energy sector. While proposing to scale back federal funding for energy research with massive cuts in the support to the Department of Energy (DoE), the new budget calls for raising revenues by selling off publicly owned energy infrastructure and resources.
May 10, 2017
The timing of the interconnection of a generation facility to the grid is critical for any generator. Lengthy, non-transparent and discriminatory interconnection processes hinder the development of new generation as well as derail the advancement of new technologies.
April 10, 2017
Brazil is currently facing its longest recession since the 1930s. The economic recession, which started in 2014, and the 2016 political crisis, which resulted in the impeachment of its then President Dilma Rousseff, has led the country to an economic collapse.
March 14, 2017
Nigeria’s electricity transmission infrastructure is grossly inadequate and is one of the key factors responsible for stranded generation capacity, which has become a characteristic of the country’s electricity grid.
February 17, 2017
In its aim to create a well functioning single electricity market in the European Union (EU), the European Commission (EC) published a proposal on the regulation of ‘risk-preparedness’ in the electricity sector on November 30, 2016.
January 12, 2017
Federal-level policy and regulatory support to energy storage and distributed energy resources (DER) is greater than ever before in the US. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been making efforts to provide a level playing field for emerging technologies.
December 9, 2016
In November 2016, four European countries—Germany, France, Spain and Portugal—and Morocco signed a joint declaration to establish a roadmap for facilitating sustainable renewable electricity trade between Northern Africa and the European internal energy market.
November 7, 2016
The US Department of Energy (DOE) on September 28, 2016 issued a final rule to establish a pre-application process to simplify the siting of certain transmission projects.
October 14, 2016
Europe is among the leading regions in undertaking widespread reforms and restructuring efforts in the energy sector to promote competition and investments.
September 9, 2016
UK is considering introducing competition in onshore power transmission, a responsibility currently held by three incumbent transmission operators (TOs)—National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) in England and Wales, SP Transmission in the south of Scotland, and SHE Transmission in the north of Scotland.
August 12, 2016
Recent years have witnessed an increase in incidents of cyber and security attacks on the US' high voltage grid. These attacks pose a significant risk to the security and proper functioning of the country's grid.
July 14, 2016
In May 2016, New Zealand's Electricity Authority (EA) released a consultation paper aimed at changing the way Transpower, the country's sole electricity transmission developer and operator, charge its customers for providing transmission services.
June 9, 2016
Over the last five years, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued several rules—Orders 755, 784 and 792—that have played an important role in the expansion of the energy storage industry in the United States (US).
May 9, 2016
The landscape of the energy sector in the United States (US) has changed significantly in the past decade given the increased focus on renewable generation and energy conservation as well as the increased domestic production of oil and gas.
April 6, 2016
In December 2015, the Bundesrat (the second chamber of Germany's federal legislative) passed a Bill approving amendments to various laws concerning power line extension in the country.
March 10, 2016
Recently, Brazil's energy regulator Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica (ANEEL) approved new bidding rules for the upcoming transmission auction to be held in April 2016.