Company News: Europe

News on transmission equipment and service providers from Europe

• Switzerland’s Hitachi ABB Power Grids to provide Europe’s largest BESS in Finland

  June 16, 2021
  Switzerland’s technology provider Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been awarded a contract to provide Finnish nuclear power company, Teollisuuden Voima (TVO), with one of Europe's largest battery energy storage systems (BESS) on the island of Olkiluoto.

• Germany’s Innogy to provide power balance services to Czech Republic’s ČEPS

  June 3, 2021
  The German energy group Innogy will provide power balance services for the Czech Republic’s power transmission system operator (TSO), ČEPS, as an integrated aggregator.

• Empower, Leonhard Weiss to renew Tsirguliina–Viru transmission line in Estonia

  June 2, 2021
  Finnish implementer of zero-emission energy solutions Enersense International's Estonian subsidiary, Empower, and Estonia's electricity and gas transmission system operator (TSO) Elering, have signed an agreement on the renewal of the 330 kV, 200-km-long Tsirguliina–Viru transmission line in Estonia.

• UK’s National Grid to use power flow technology to unlock 1.5 GW of electric capacity

  May 24, 2021
  The UK’s transmission system operator (TSO) National Grid is using transformational technology to unlock 1.5 GW of network capacity, which is enough renewable energy (RE) to power one million homes supporting the UK’s net-zero ambitions.

• Italy hires Germany’s Siemens Energy for grid stabilisation solutions

  May 12, 2021
  Italian transmission system operator (TSO) Terna SpA (Terna) has ordered two static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) systems for grid stabilisation from Germany’s Siemens Energy, which will help Italy meet new power grid challenges posed by the energy transition.

• Rambøll to provide consultancy to Danish Energinet for transformer modernisation

  May 10, 2021
  Danish engineering consultancy company Ramboll has been awarded a contract to provide consultancy services for the modernisation of three high voltage transformer stations for the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet.

• Siemens Energy’s grid stabiliser technology to help Irish grid exceed renewables penetration limit

  May 4, 2021
  Germany’s Siemens Energy AG has won a contract to supply a synchronous condenser system to the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), Ireland’s leading energy company.

• Finland’s Fingrid awards clean-air switchgear order to Siemens Energy

  April 27, 2021
  Germany’s Siemens Energy AG has won a contract to deliver clean-air switchgear equipment to Finnish transmission system operator (TSO) Fingrid.

• Hitachi ABB Power Grids to deliver power STATCOMs for Germany’s energy transition

  April 20, 2021
  Hitachi ABB Power Grids has won two orders for static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) system power quality solutions from German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion.

• Greek Mytilineos signs EUR21.2 million deal for substations in Albania

  April 19, 2021
  Greek industrial group Mytilineos has signed a EUR21.2 million contract with Albanian power transmission system operator (TSO), Operatori i Sistemit të Transmetimit (OST sh.a), for the construction and extension of substations in the country.

• Energinet awards contracts for artificial energy island projects

  April 12, 2021
  Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has selected Dutch geophysical services company Fugro and Swedish geophysical services company MMT, to carry out seabed surveys related to the plans to build a 10 GW artificial energy island in the North Sea.

• Linxon selected as EPC contractor for UK’s National Grid substations framework

  March 23, 2021
  Linxon, a Hitachi ABB Power Grids & SNC-Lavalin company, has been selected as an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) substation framework contractor for the UK’s transmission system operator (TSO) National Grid's RIIO-2

• Siemens Energy and German TSO Amprion seal technology partnership

  March 17, 2021
  Germany-based energy firm Siemens Energy AG has signed a cooperation agreement with German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion GmbH to develop new technologies controlling electrical networks.

• NKT wins contract to provide cable services to Denmark’s Energinet

  March 8, 2021
  Danish cable company NKT has signed an 8-year service contract with Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet, covering the maintenance and repair of onshore and offshore cable systems in Denmark.

• Swiss Linxon wins 380 kV GIS substation order from German Transnet

  February 26, 2021
  Linxon, a Hitachi ABB Power Grids & SNC-Lavalin company has been selected to supply a 380 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation for the German transmission system operator (TSO) Transnet BW in southwestern Germany.

• Turkey's TEIAS awards USD20 million transformer deal to Hitachi ABB Power Grids

  February 19, 2021
  Switzerland-based Hitachi ABB Power Grids has received a USD20 million order from Turkey's state-owned transmission system operator (TSO) Türkiye Elektrik Iletim A.S (TEIAS) to supply power transformers.

• Italy’s Prysmian signs framework agreement with France’s RTE for HVAC cables

  February 18, 2021
  The Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian Group has signed a new framework agreement with French transmission system operator (TSO) Reseau de Transport d'Electricite (RTE), confirming its role as a major partner in the latter’s plan of upgrading and developing national power girds.

• Greek Mytilineos wins 26 MW BESS contracts in Italy’s Terna's auction

  February 10, 2021
  Greek industrial group Mytilineos SA won two contracts for 26 MW of energy storage in Italy’s fast reserve auction held in early December 2020.

• Litgrid selects Empower for reconstruction of 330 kV Klaipėda–Grobinė line

  February 2, 2021
  Lithuanian transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid has awarded a EUR9.7 million contract to consortium consisting of UAB Empower-Fidelitas and Empower AS for design and reconstruction of the 330 kV Klaipėda–Grobinė transmission overhead line (OHL).

• Swedish utilities sign EUR14.5 million contracts with Croatian Dalekovod

  February 1, 2021
  Swedish electricity distribution company Elevio AB and electricity transmission system operator (TSO) Svenska Kraftnat have signed contracts for a combined value of over EUR14.5 million with Croatian power transmission equipment manufacturer Dalekovod.