Company News: Europe

News on transmission equipment and service providers from Europe

• Spain’s Ingeteam to build supercapacitor storage for UK's National Grid

  January 12, 2021
  Spanish energy conversion specialist Ingeteam SA has been awarded a contract to build a 5 MW energy storage system based on supercapacitors, by the UK’s transmission system operator (TSO) National Grid.

• Enel wins 59.2 MW capacity contracts in Terna's Fast Reserve auction in Italy

  December 21, 2020
  Italian manufacturer and distributor of electricity, Enel Group, has been awarded 59.2 MW of capacity contracts in the tender for Italian transmission system operator (TSO) Terna's ultra-rapid frequency regulation service, also known as Fast Reserve.

• Estonian TSO awards 330 kV synchronous condensers’ contract to Siemens Energy

  December 17, 2020
  Estonian transmission system operator (TSO) Elering AS has awarded German equipment manufacturer Siemens Energy with a contract to build three synchronous condenser plants in Estonia.

• French group Engie to supply frequency regulation services to Italy's Terna

  December 14, 2020
  The storage and electric mobility subsidiary of French energy group Engie, Engie EPS, and Italian-American automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) have been awarded a contract to provide 7 MW of ultra-fast frequency regulation services for the stabilisation of the grid by Italian transmission system operator (TSO) Terna.

• Estonian TSO signs agreement for renewal of 330 kV Narva–Tartu line

  December 1, 2020
  Estonia's electricity and gas transmission system operator (TSO) Elering has signed an agreement with the Finnish implementer of zero-emission energy solutions—Enersense International's local subsidiary Empower—for rebuilding the 133-km, 330 kV Narva–Tartu transmission line in Estonia.

• Danish NKT wins service deals with Elia, 50Hertz and Nemo Link

  November 26, 2020
  Danish cable company NKT has signed a long-term service agreement covering the maintenance and repair of export and interconnector cables supplying power to Belgium, the UK and Germany.

• UK’s SSEN Transmission awards substation contract to Balfour Beatty

  November 20, 2020
  British multinational infrastructure company Balfour Beatty has been awarded a GBP47.5 million contract to design and build a new 400 kV substation in Peterhead, by SSE Networks Transmission (SSEN Transmission)—the transmission business of the Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) company.

• Spanish TSO partners with GE Renewable Energy for g-3 technology substations

  November 4, 2020
  Spanish transmission system operator (TSO) Red Electrica De Espana S.A (REE) has awarded GE Renewable Energy's Grid Solutions with a contract for the supply of ten mobile substations for the Canary and Balearic Islands, including one sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)-free substation that will support Spain in its decarbonisation goals.

• Croatian HOPS sign HRK49.9 million deal with local Koncar KET

  November 4, 2020
  The Croatian transmission system operator (TSO), Hrvatski Operator Prijenosnog Sustava D.O.O. (HOPS) has signed a HRK49.9 million contract with local Koncar Power Plant and Electric Traction Engineering Inc. (Koncar KET) company for the revitalisation of the central remote control of the elektroenergetski sustav (EES) or Electricity Power System.

• Dutch-German TSO awards ten contracts for offshore grid MWS services

  November 2, 2020
  The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has awarded ten framework agreements for marine warranty surveyor (MWS) services, which will support the realisation of several offshore grid connections in Germany and the Netherlands.

• Croatia’s Dalekovod to undertake 330 kV substation reconstruction in Macedonia

  October 28, 2020
  The Macedonian Transmission System Operator (AD MEPSO) has signed an agreement with Croatian engineering company Dalekovod for the reconstruction of the 400/110 kV Bitola 2 substation.

• Lithuanian TSO hires Sweden’s NKT HV Cable for NordBalt repair

  October 21, 2020
  Lithuania's transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid has awarded a EUR17 million contract to Sweden’s NKT HV Cable for emergency repair services for the 450-km-long, NordBalt—a submarine electricity cable between Lithuania and Sweden.

• Main contractors selected for UK’s first Greener Grid Park in Scotland

  October 15, 2020
  Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, Statkraft, has awarded a contract to engineering company Powersystems UK to undertake electrical and civil engineering works for a GBP20 million grid project in Moray, Scotland to support further renewables’ integration.

• Polish subcontractors to test HKN offshore substation in Netherlands

  October 8, 2020
  Polish subcontractors Ultra NDT SC and Jaworski Energy Services have been chosen to provide testing and project management services for the Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore substation topside located at the Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm zone in the Netherlands.

• Fingrid partners with GE Digital for controlling balance of power system

  October 7, 2020
  Finland’s transmission system operator (TSO) Fingrid is preparing for a change in the Nordic Balancing Model by incorporating GE Digital’s Load Frequency Control solution.

• Ukrenergo hopes to complete ISO certification procedures in Q1 2021

  September 28, 2020
  Ukraine’s transmission system operator (TSO) Ukrenergo is planning to obtain a final decision from the Ukrainian National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utility Services Regulation (NCER) on its certification as an independent European TSO, in the first quarter of 2021.

• Norconsult to design management measures for 400 kV substation in Sweden

  September 21, 2020
  Sweden’s transmission system operator (TSO) Svenska Kraftnät has appointed Norwegian construction and engineering company, Norconsult, to design management measures in connection with the construction of the new 400 kV Hageskruv main grid station.

• GE’s Grid Solutions to undertake offshore substation works in France [free access]

  September 16, 2020
  GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has been selected to provide the main electrical equipment for the Saint-Brieuc wind farm offshore substation.

• UK’s National Grid partners with Norwegian DNV GL for offshore coordination

  September 15, 2020
  The UK’s National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has appointed Norwegian independent energy experts and certification body, DNV GL, as a lead partner in the Offshore Wind Coordination project in Great Britain.

• Estonian Elering selects Connecto Eesti for reconstruction of 330 kV Tartu–Valmiera line

  September 14, 2020
  Estonian transmission system operator (TSO) Elering has concluded an agreement with local Connecto Eesti AS for the reconstruction of the 330 kV, 84.3-km transmission line between Tartu in Estonia and the Latvian city of Valmiera.