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Latest news and developments from Europe

• Lithuania’s TSO set to build new transformer substation

  June 17, 2021
  The Lithuanian government has approved a plan to develop engineering infrastructure for the country’s transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid's new transformer substation, Musa, in Joniskis district.

• Spain’s TSO REE joins forces with Belgian counterpart for asset management

  June 16, 2021
  Spain’s transmission system operator (TSO) Red Eléctrica de España (REE) has signed a collaboration agreement with its Belgian counterpart Elia, to form a pioneering alliance at the European level in the management of assets in its electricity networks.

• Switzerland’s Hitachi ABB Power Grids to provide Europe’s largest BESS in Finland

  June 16, 2021
  Switzerland’s technology provider Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been awarded a contract to provide Finnish nuclear power company, Teollisuuden Voima (TVO), with one of Europe's largest battery energy storage systems (BESS) on the island of Olkiluoto.

• NIB extends loan to unlock renewable energy and strengthen Icelandic grid

  June 14, 2021
  The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a 10-year loan deal with Iceland’s transmission system operator (TSO) Landsnet to increase transmission capacity, stability and reliability of the system by unlocking renewable power.

• Poland to invest EUR1 billion in power grid to support offshore wind power

  June 14, 2021
  The Polish power transmission system operator (TSO) Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne SA (PSE) intends to allocate EUR1 billion by 2030 to upgrade its power transmission network in the northern part of the country, so it can transport electricity generated from the planned Baltic offshore wind projects.

• Dutch TSO notifies grid congestion in Friesland

  June 10, 2021
  Dutch state-owned electricity transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has notified the energy market regulator Autoriteit voor Consument en Markt (ACM), that the grid capacity has been reached in the southern and western sections of the Friesland regional network.

• Dutch TSO TenneT begins IoT grid balancing project

  June 8, 2021
  Dutch electricity transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has begun a 12-month project to test how a network of some household devices could ease grid bottlenecks.

• Norway’s Statnett to start testing North Sea Link in July 2021 [free access]

  June 8, 2021
  Norway’s transmission system operator (TSO) Statnett is set to start testing the North Sea Link, a subsea electricity interconnector with the UK, in July 2021.

• Poland’s PSE seeks bids for modernisation of 400/220 kV Rogowiec substation

  June 7, 2021
  Poland’s transmission system operator (TSO) Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne SA (PSE) is seeking competitive bids for modernisation of the 400/220 kV Rogowiec substation.

• 50Hertz seeks bids for Ostwind 3 cable supplier

  June 4, 2021
  German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has issued a tender seeking bids for the supply of a 220 kV submarine and onshore cable system for the Ostwind 3 grid connection.

• Germany’s Innogy to provide power balance services to Czech Republic’s ČEPS

  June 3, 2021
  The German energy group Innogy will provide power balance services for the Czech Republic’s power transmission system operator (TSO), ČEPS, as an integrated aggregator.

• Lithuania to take legal action to take control of power interconnections with Belarus

  June 3, 2021
  After Belarus issued a permit for power start-up and commercial activities of the first unit of its Astravets nuclear power plant (NPP), Lithuania's electricity transmission system operator Litgrid has informed operators of the BRELL—a Soviet-designed energy ring linking Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, about the launch of legal proceedings to take control of Lithuania's power interconnections with Belarus.

• Empower, Leonhard Weiss to renew power line in Estonia [free access]

  June 2, 2021
  Finnish implementer of zero-emission energy solutions Enersense International's Estonian subsidiary, Empower, and Estonia's electricity and gas transmission system operator (TSO) Elering, have signed an agreement on the renewal of the 330 kV, 200-km-long Tsirguliina–Viru transmission line in Estonia.

• German TSO TransnetBW establishes JV with Porsche subsidiary MHP

  June 1, 2021
  Porsche subsidiary MHP and Germany-based electricity transmission system operator (TSO) TransnetBW, a 100-per-cent subsidiary of the energy supplier EnBW, are set to work more closely together in future, to advise other companies on energy and mobility issues.

• Finland’s TSO to expand 400 kV Tuovila substation in Vaasa

  June 1, 2021
  Finnish transmission system operator (TSO) Fingrid is expanding the 400 kV Tuovila substation near Vaasa to meet the higher requirements for electricity generation and consumption in the region.

• Polish PSE’s shareholders agree on investment in Harmony Link interconnector

  June 1, 2021
  The shareholders of Poland's electricity transmission system operator (TSO), Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE), have agreed to invest in Harmony Link, a submarine power interconnector between Poland and Lithuania.

• Finland’s Fingrid opts for shunt compensation to transmit capacity from North to South

  May 28, 2021
  Finland’s transmission system operator (TSO) Fingrid has worked on innovations that will enable a significant increase in the electricity transmission capacity from the north to the southern part of the country.

• Poland’s 400 kV Pila Krzewina–Plewiska line passes voltage tests [free access]

  May 27, 2021
  Poland’s transmission system operator (TSO) Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne SA (PSE) has announced that the 400 kV, 92-km-long Piła Krzewina–Plewiska line is ready for electricity transmission.

• UK’s National Grid to use power flow technology to unlock 1.5 GW capacity

  May 24, 2021
  The UK’s transmission system operator (TSO) National Grid is using transformational technology to unlock 1.5 GW of network capacity, which is enough renewable energy (RE) to power one million homes supporting the UK’s net-zero ambitions.

• Anglo-American JV launches North Atlantic Offshore Wind Project for UK

  May 24, 2021
  Anglo-American joint venture (JV) Hecate Independent Power Limited (HIP) has launched its HIP Atlantic Project for installing 10,000 MW of fixed and floating wind turbines in the North Atlantic, connected to the UK grid. The total project cost is estimated at GBP21 billion.