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• SAPP: Installed Capacity, Generation, Power Exchange [free access]

  May 3, 2022
  The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) was created in 1995 and was the first formal international power pool in Africa.

• SAPP: Demand Foresee and Planned Generation Capacity

  May 3, 2022
  According to SAPP’s statistics report 2020, the electricity demand for the 12 member countries is expected to increase from 64,639 MW in 2022 to 72,458 MW in 2025, representing a CAGR of 3.88 per cent.

• SAPP: Existing Transmission Network along with Planned Interconnections

  May 3, 2022
  By the end of 2021, the total transmission line length of six member countries (for which line length details were available), namely, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia, was 62,710 km.

• Argentina: Installed Electricity Capacity, Generation and Consumption 2022

  April 5, 2022
  Argentina liberalised its electricity sector in 1992, which resulted in the vertical and horizontal unbundling of the sector and the establishment of the energy regulator Ente Nacional Regulador de la Electricidad (ENRE). The Secretaría de Energía (SE), under the Ministerio de Planificación Federal, Inversión Pública y Servicios, is responsible for policymaking for the electricity sector, and the Consejo Federal de la Energía Eléctrica (CFEE) administers the funds for electricity projects.

• Argentina: Growth in Electricity Transmission Networks 2022 [free access]

  April 4, 2022
  At the end of 2021, the country’s transmission network comprised about 35,727 km of transmission lines between the 132 kV AC and 500 kV voltage levels. Since 2016, transmission line length has witnessed a CAGR of 1.06 per cent.

• Argentina: Planned Generation and Transmission Capacity 2022

  April 4, 2022
  According to the Trend Scenario of Energy 2030, the country is expected to add close to 1,488 TWh of generation capacity during the period 2022-30, to meet the growing electricity demand. Nuclear, hydro, thermal and RE projects will be major contributors, accounting for the majority of the upcoming additions.

• Top 10 Countries 2021: Planned Electricity Demand and Transmission Projects

  March 3, 2022
  According to Global Transmission Research, it is expected that electricity demand in the 10 countries will reach 21,796 TWh by 2031.

• Top 10 countries 2021: Installed Capacity, Generation and Consumption [free access]

  March 2, 2022
  The top 10 countries (with the highest gross domestic product, GDP, in 2021) together had an installed generation capacity of 5,243 GW at the end of 2021. China accounted for the highest share of about 44 per cent, followed by the US with 25 per cent.

• Top 10 countries 2021: Growth in Electricity Transmission Network and Capacity

  March 2, 2022
  As of 2021, the transmission networks of the 10 countries had a combined line length of around 35,03,063 km and a transformer capacity of 13,568 GVA at 110 kV and above voltage levels.

• Chile: Planned Generation and Transmission Capacity

  February 10, 2022
  Chile is focusing on developing renewable energy sources to generate electricity and meet the country’s rising power demand by 2030.

• Chile: Growth in Electricity Transmission Network [free access]

  February 10, 2022
  As of December 2021, Chile's transmission network comprised about 29,607 km of line length at 110 kV and above voltage levels.

• Chile: Installed capacity, generation and consumption

  February 10, 2022
  The electricity generation, transmission and distribution sectors in Chile are owned by private players, wherein the generation facilities are undertaken by a competitive market.

• Spain: Growth in Electricity Transmission Network [free access]

  January 10, 2022
  As of December 2021, the transmission network in Spain comprised about 44,717 circuit km of line length at 132 kV and above voltage levels.

• Spain: Planned Generation and Transmission Capacity

  January 10, 2022
  During 2022-30, Spain is expected to add a cumulative capacity of 25 GW during 2022-25 and 19 GW to 21 GW during 2026-30.

• Spain: Installed capacity, generation and consumption

  January 10, 2022
  Generation facilities in Spain operate under either the ‘ordinary regime’ (mostly conventional energy facilities) or the ‘special regime’ (consisting of small or renewable energy facilities).

• Nigeria: Installed Electricity Capacity, Generation and Consumption

  December 7, 2021
  Nigeria’s installed generation capacity stood at 13,087 MW at the end of 2020, of which 82 per cent comes from thermal energy, and the remaining 18 per cent is hydro-based. The country added close to 587 MW between 2016 and 2020, of which hydro-based generation grew the fastest at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.64 per cent.

• Nigeria: Growth in Electricity Transmission Network [free access]

  December 7, 2021
  At the end of 2020, the country’s transmission network comprised about 17,463 km of transmission lines between the 132 kV and 330 kV voltage levels. Since 2016, transmission line length has witnessed slower growth at a CAGR of 2.69 per cent.

• Nigeria: Planned Generation and Transmission Capacity

  December 7, 2021
  According to TCN’s Transmission Expansion Plan 2017, the country is expected to add close to 23 GW of generation capacity between 2021 and 2029. Of the new installed capacity, about 73.5 per cent will be thermal based, 17 per cent will be hydro based, and the remaining approximately 10 per cent is expected to be accounted for by solar and wind energy. Further, the majority of these plants are expected to be operated by the private sector in the future.

• United Kingdom: Installed Electricity Capacity, Generation and Consumption

  November 9, 2021
  In UK, electricity generation companies are divided into two categories: ‘major’ power producers, which account for about 90 per cent of the net generation capacity, and ‘other’ power producers, comprising small energy producers that account for the remaining 10 per cent. Some of the large major power producers are British Energy, EDF Energy, E.ON UK, International Power Mitsui and npower.

• United Kingdom: Planned Generation and Transmission Capacity [free access]

  November 9, 2021
  According to NGET’s Future Energy Scenarios (FES) 2021, the net increase in generation capacity is expected to be 175 GW during 2021–30 in the ‘Community Renewables and Two Degrees’ scenario.