September 9, 2019
In order to strengthen its transmission network, the US has outlined various high voltage transmission projects, which foresee an addition of around 10,595 km of transmission lines post 2020.
August 21, 2019
Global Transmission Research recently analysed past trends and future investment plans in the power transmission sectors of 75 countries.
August 21, 2019
Of the 75 countries tracked, during the 10-year span of 2009–18, China, US, India, Canada and Indonesia were the key top spenders and accounted for around 71 per cent of the total transmission investments made across the globe.
August 21, 2019
In the developing economies of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, a key driver for investment in power transmission has been to increase electricity access and achieve 100 per cent electrification.
July 15, 2019
Hydro-Québec TransÉnergie is expanding its transmission assets portfolio with various domestic and cross-border interconnection projects to strengthen both domestic and regional grids.
June 5, 2019
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) was created in 1995 and was the first formal international power pool in Africa. Under it, the national electricity companies in southern Africa cooperate with the support of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
June 5, 2019
By the end of 2017-18, the total transmission line length of six member countries (for which line length details were available), namely, DRC, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia, was over 72,000 km.
June 5, 2019
As per the latest data available from SAPP, the electricity demand for the 12 member countries is likely to increase from 53,514 MW in 2019 to 67,838 MW in 2025, representing a CAGR of 4 per cent.
May 8, 2019
Panama’s transmission network is owned by state-owned monopoly Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica S.A. (ETESA) and comprises 230 kV lines and some 115 kV lines.
May 8, 2019
During 2019-27, electricity demand in Panama is likely to grow at a CAGR of 5.7 per cent from 12 TWh in 2019 to 18.6 TWh in 2027, under the reference case scenario of ETESA’s Plan de Indicativo de Generación 2017-31 or Indicative Generation plan 2017-31.
April 18, 2019
As per Global Transmission Research, the leading 215 transmission network developers and operators across the globe together owned 4,141,230 km of transmission lines.
April 18, 2019
In order to assess the operational performance of the power transmission network respective to the key TSOs/developers, different parameters including transmission losses and network availability were studied.
April 18, 2019
As of the end of 2017, the 215 TSOs and developers incurred estimated investments of USD236 billion across electricity transmission as well as other business segments such as generation, distribution, water, gas, etc. (in the case of integrated utilities).
March 12, 2019
As of September 2018, Colombia’s transmission network stood at 25,979 km operational at the 110-138 kV, 220 kV, 230 kV and 500 kV voltage levels.
March 12, 2019
As of June 2018, Colombia had an effective installed generation capacity of 17,721 MW. Despite being South America's largest coal producer, coal-based power plants account for only 10 per cent of the country’s capacity.
March 12, 2019
During 2019-27, Colombia’s electricity demand is likely to grow at a CAGR of 2.4 per cent from 75.3 TWh in 2019 to 91.2 TWh in 2027, under a medium growth rate scenario.