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• Growth in Electricity Transmission Network in USA

  September 9, 2019
  During the period 2011–18, projects entailing the construction of over 27,440 km of transmission line length were completed.

• Key Upcoming High Voltage Transmission Projects in USA

  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.

• Capex on Transmission: Global Trends and Planned Investment [free access]

  August 21, 2019
  Global Transmission Research recently analysed past trends and future investment plans in the power transmission sectors of 75 countries.

• Capex on Transmission: Big spend markets and markets to watch

  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.

• Capex on Transmission: Key Growth Drivers and Challenges

  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.

• Québec: Power Generation, Installed Capacity and Exports [free access]

  July 15, 2019
  The province of Québec in Canada, with its abundant water supply, relies primarily on power generation from hydroelectric power plants.

• Québec: Growth in Electricity Transmission Network

  July 15, 2019
  Québec’s transmission network is operated and maintained by Hydro-Québec’s transmission division, TransÉnergie.

• Québec: Key Upcoming Transmission Projects

  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.

• SAPP: Installed Capacity, Generation and Power Exchange

  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).

• SAPP: Existing Transmission Network and Planned Interconnections [free access]

  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.

• SAPP: Demand Forecasts and Planned Generation Capacity

  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.

• Panama: Installed Electricity Capacity, Generation and Consumption [free access]

  May 8, 2019
  At the end of 2018, Panama had an effective installed generation capacity of 3,456 MW controlled by around 34 power producers.

• Panama: Growth in Electricity Transmission Network

  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.

• Panama: Electricity Demand Forecast and Future Transmission Plans

  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.

• Global TSOs: Growth in transmission networks of leading TSOs [free access]

  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.

• Global TSOs: Trends in operational performance

  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.

• Global TSOs: Past capex on transmission and future capex plans

  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).

• Colombia: Growth in Electricity Transmission Network

  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.

• Colombia: Installed Electricity Capacity and Generation [free access]

  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.

• Colombia: Electricity Forecast and Planned Generation and Transmission Projects

  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.