Europe News

Latest news and developments from Europe

• UK’s Moray West awards contract for supply of two offshore substations

  December 3, 2021
  Germany’s equipment manufacturer Siemens and Smulders Projects UK’s subsidiary Lemants have been selected by developer Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited to supply two offshore substations for the Moray West offshore wind farm.

• NEURC hikes Ukraine’s Ukrenergo transmission tariff for 2022

  December 2, 2021
  Ukraine’s National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC) has approved the transmission tariff of the country’s transmission system operator (TSO) Ukrenergo for 2022 at UAH345.64 per MWh (excluding VAT).

• Ofgem sets GBP642 million allowance for Shetland Link [free access]

  December 1, 2021
  British energy regulator Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has set an allowance of GBP642 million of capital expenditure for the 600 MW high voltage direct current (HVDC) Shetland Interconnector project.

• Italy’s Terna awards contract for Tyrrhenian Link project

  December 1, 2021
  Italy’s transmission system operator (TSO) Terna has awarded contracts to Prysmian and Nexans (in association with Roda and Mive) for the supply and installation of submarine and underground cables for the 1 GW Tyrrhenian Link project.

• UK’s National Grid and Scottish SPTL to pay EUR158 million for Western Link delay

  December 1, 2021
  Following an investigation by the UK’s energy regulator—Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), the British transmission system operator (TSO) National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), and Scotland’s grid developer Scottish Power Transmission Limited (SPTL), have agreed to pay EUR158 million as redress for delays to the Western Link Project.

• Lithuanian Litgrid sets up synchronisation centre

  December 1, 2021
  Litgrid, Lithuania’s transmission system operator (TSO), is setting up a centre for the implementation of the synchronisation programme, which involves the synchronising the Baltic States' electricity system with that of the Continental European network.

• Romania’s first cross-border smart grid project approved by EC

  December 1, 2021
  The European Commission (EC) has approved Romania’s first cross-border smart grid project, the Carpathian Modernized Energy Network (CARMEN) project. The EUR150 million project is included in the EU’s fifth list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) and will be proposed for funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme.

• Russian Rosseti FGC ramps up transmission facilities for autumn-winter season

  December 1, 2021
  Russian energy company Rosseti FGC UES has recently undertaken the upgradation and commissioning of a few transmission facilities, to strengthen its network for the autumn-winter season of 2021-22.

• Denmark, Belgium and Germany to collaborate for cross-border interconnections

  November 24, 2021
  Danish transmission system operator (TSO), Energinet has signed two separate agreements with Belgium’s TSO Elia and Germany’s 50 Hertz, to develop cross-border interconnectors for its two energy islands.

• PJSC Yakutskenergo begins design and survey works for 110 kV line in Russia

  November 24, 2021
  PJSC Yakutskenergo, part of Russian energy group PJSC RusHydro, has commenced the design and survey works for the 110 kV Suntar-Nyurba high-voltage line with a December 2022 completion schedule.

• ENTSO-E publishes European Resource Adequacy Assessment 2021

  November 23, 2021
  The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) has launched the first European Resource Adequacy Assessment (ERAA) report.

• ENTSO-E publishes 2021 Bidding Zone Technical Report [free access]

  November 23, 2021
  The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) has published its 2021 Bidding Zone Technical Report.

• UK’s Rampion Offshore Wind sells transmission assets to TCP

  November 23, 2021
  Rampion Offshore Wind Limited, the developer of 400 MW offshore wind in the UK, has sold its high voltage transmission assets to Transmission Capital Partners (TCP)—a consortium of Transmission Capital Partners Limited Partnership (TCP LP) and International Public Partnerships Limited (INPP).

• Tekmar Energy bags CPS contract for German Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm

  November 23, 2021
  The UK-based Tekmar Energy Limited has been awarded a contract by Global Offshore, to supply cable protection systems (CPS) for the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany.

• Prysmian Group wins submarine cable link contract from Italy’s Terna

  November 23, 2021
  Italy’s Prysmian Group has won a submarine cable connection contract from the country’s transmission system operator (TSO), Terna to connect the island of Elba and Piombino on the Italian mainland.

• Norway’s Statnett cuts back electricity transfers to Sweden

  November 23, 2021
  Norwegian transmission system operator (TSO) Statnett has cut back electricity transfers to Sweden by 45 per cent, marking a to 1,100-1,200 MW decrease from the total transfer capacity of 2,200 MW between the two countries.

• European Commission adopts fifth PCI list

  November 22, 2021
  The European Commission (EC) has adopted the fifth list of energy ‘Projects of Common Interest’ (PCIs), which includes key cross-border energy infrastructure projects.

• Belarus’ first 330 kV digital substation inaugurated

  November 22, 2021
  Belarus' first 330 kV digital power substation was inaugurated on November 19, 2021.

• SSE Plc unveils GBP12.5 billion net zero acceleration programme for UK and Ireland

  November 17, 2021
  SSE Plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy Plc) has announced a net zero acceleration programme, as per which it plans to invest GBP12.5 billion over the next five years on critical low-carbon infrastructure needed for net zero transition in the UK and Ireland.

• NIB provides EUR70 million investment loan to Finland’s Fingrid

  November 17, 2021
  The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has provided a 15-year investment loan amounting to EUR70 million to Finland’s transmission system operator (TSO), Fingrid.