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Latest news and developments from Europe

• Romanian Transelectrica to estimate grid capacity for renewable energy regularly

  October 22, 2021
  Under a regulation framed by the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), Romanian power grid operator Transelectrica will have to determine the quantum of green energy that can be absorbed by its grid.

• UK postpones decision deadline for AQUIND Interconnector with France

  October 21, 2021
  The UK’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has postponed the decision deadline for the AQUIND Interconnector project with France to January 21, 2022.

• Offshore substation installed for Ørsted’sHornsea Two offshore wind farm

  October 21, 2021
  In a major development for Danish developer Ørsted’s 1,368 MW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK, the installation ofthe offshore substation (OSS) alongside the project’s 165 wind turbine foundations has been completed.

• CRP Subsea and Hellenic Cables complete dynamic cable testing of EU-funded pilot

  October 21, 2021
  The UK-based CRP Subsea and Greek cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables have completed dynamic cable testing as part of the EU-funded MaRINET2 research programme.

• Petrofac loads out substation jacket for Scottish offshore wind farm project

  October 21, 2021
  The UK-based oil and gas industry services provider, Petrofac Limited, has loaded out the high voltage alternating current (HVAC) offshore substation (OSS) platform jacket and piles for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind project in Scotland.

• National Grid partners with Digital Catapult for 5G opportunities in transmission networks

  October 20, 2021
  The UK’s National Grid has partnered with Digital Catapult—the UK authority on advanced digital technology, on the ‘5G Art of the Possible’ project.

• SSEN Transmission extends power substation in Abernethy, UK [free access]

  October 20, 2021
  UK’s SSE Networks Transmission (SSEN Transmission),the transmission business of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), will commence work onthe Abernethy substation extension.

• Finland’s Fingrid receives approval to build Aurora interconnector with Sweden

  October 20, 2021
  Finland’s transmission system operator (TSO) Fingrid has received approval from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment to build the 400kV Aurora cross-border transmission line from Pyhanselka to the southeast of Oulu in Finland to Messaure in Northern Sweden.

• Polish and Baltic TSOs submit joint application for EU funding for synchronisation

  October 19, 2021
  The four electricity transmission system operators (TSOs) of Lithuania (Litgrid), Latvia (AugstspriegumaTīkls AS or AST), Estonia (Elering), and Poland (Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne PSE) have submitted a joint application for EUR238 million funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) of the European Union (EU) for the safe and stable synchronisation of the Baltic power systems with the continental European system.

• Siemens Energy and Fluence to install Lithuania's electricity storage systems

  October 18, 2021
  Lithuanian state-owned EPSO-G Group’s company Energy Cells has signed a EUR109 million agreement with Siemens Energy and Fluence—the energy storage specialist formed by Siemens AG and AES Corporation, for the installation of battery energy storage systems (BESS) on the Lithuanian transmission grid.

• Reconstruction commences for Boryslav and Kovel substations in Ukraine

  October 18, 2021
  Ukraine’s transmission system operator (TSO) NPC Ukrenergo has commenced the reconstruction of the 220 kV Boryslav substation in the Lviv region and 330 kV Kovel substation in the Volyn region.

• Jan De Nul bags contract from Ørsted for two offshore wind farms

  October 13, 2021
  Belgian offshore service provider Jan De Nul Group has received a contract from Danish developer Ørsted Wind Power SA for the 242 MW Gode Wind 3 and 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms, both to be located in the German North Sea.

• RusHydro to utilise own funds to build second branch of Pevek–Bilibino line

  October 13, 2021
  Russian energy group PJSC RusHydro will be utilising its own funds to carry out the construction of the second branch of the 110 kV, 490-km Pevek–Bilibino transmission line.

• Ukraine to sign agreements with KfW to modernise Ukrenergo’s transmission system

  October 13, 2021
  Ukraine’s Energy Ministry is expected to sign a package of agreements with the KfW Entwicklungsbank (KfW Bank) for the modernisation of transmission system operator (TSO) Ukrenergo’s substations.

• TEIAS awards contract for Gebze GIS to Anadolu Elektrik

  October 13, 2021
  Turkish power transmission system operator (TSO) TEIAS has awarded the contract for construction of the 400/33 kV Gebze gas-insulated substation (GIS) to Turkey-based Anadolu Elektrik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.

• GSE awards contract for 220 kV Adigeni–Shuakhevi OHL

  October 13, 2021
  Georgia’s JSC Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) has awarded a USD 6.77 million contract to Turkey-based construction company Bozlar Yapı Enerji for the design, supply and installation of the approximately 39-km, 220 kV Adigeni–Shuakhevi overhead transmission line (OHL).

• CNEEC wins contract from Armenia’s High Voltage Electric Networks, CJSC

  October 13, 2021
  China National Electric Engineering Company Limited (CNEEC) has been awarded a USD 7.95 contract by Armenia’s High Voltage Electric Networks, CJSC (HVEN) for the rehabilitation of the 220 kV Zovuni substation in Armenia.

• ENTSO-E and ENTSOG publish draft joint Scenario Report for TYNDP 2022

  October 12, 2021
  The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), along with the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG), has published the draft joint Scenario Report for the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) 2022.

• RES sells 50 MW Roaring Hill energy storage project to TagEnergy

  October 12, 2021
  The UK-headquartered multinational clean energy company Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has sold its 50 MW Roaring Hill battery system located in Scotland, to clean energy enterprise TagEnergy.

• Lithuania's Litgrid and Poland’s PSE complete seabed survey for Harmony Link

  October 11, 2021
  Lithuania's transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid and Poland's TSO, Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE), have completed a survey of the Baltic Sea seabed for building the Harmony Link.