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Latest news and developments from Europe

• UK’s Moray West awards onshore substation contract to Siemens Energy

  December 14, 2021
  German equipment manufacturer Siemens Energy has been selected by the developer Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited to supply the onshore substation for the 860 MW Moray West offshore wind farm.

• Estonia’s Eesti Energia and Utilitas request common spatial plan for offshore wind farm connections

  December 14, 2021
  Estonia-based power company Eesti Energia, and Estonian energy group Utilitas have requested for a joint national designated spatial plan and a strategic environmental assessment for electricity connections to their respective offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Riga.

• UK’s National Grid takes delivery of transformers for Braybrooke substation project

  December 13, 2021
  In a major milestone for British transmission system operator (TSO) National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), two new transformers have been delivered for the 400/25 kV Braybrooke substation project and the Midland Main line upgrade.

• Portugal’s REN joins Eurobar initiative

  December 13, 2021
  Portuguese transmission system operator (TSO), Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), has joined the European Offshore Busbar (Eurobar)—an initiative for integrating offshore wind farms across Europe.

• Russia’s RusHydro to build 220 kV HV line in Kamchatka region

  December 13, 2021
  Russian energy group PJSC RusHydro plans to build a 220 kV high voltage (HV) transmission line from the Mutnovskaya geothermal power plant to the Tolmachevskaya hydroelectric power (HEP) station-3 in the Kamchatka region.

• Russian Rosseti FGC completes reconstruction of 220 kV Zhireken substation

  December 13, 2021
  Russian energy company Rosseti FGC UES has completed the reconstruction of the 220 kV Zhireken substation in the Trans-Baikal territory at an investment of RUB298 million.

• ENTSO-E announces go-live of Common Grid Model [free access]

  December 9, 2021
  The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) has announced the go-live of the Common Grid Model (CGM) on December 8, 2021.

• Emergency support tests carried out for LitPol interconnection

  December 9, 2021
  Litgrid and Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE), the transmission system operators (TSOs) for Lithuania and Poland respectively, carried out emergency support tests on December 4, 2021 for the LitPol interconnection.

• National Grid and Hitachi Energy announce collaboration to replace SF6 in HV equipment

  December 9, 2021
  The UK’s National Grid and Hitachi Energy have announced that they will be collaborating for a pilot project at Richborough substation in Kent, to develop the world’s first greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) replacement product.

• UK’s Moray Offshore awards cables contract to Nexans

  December 9, 2021
  The UK’s Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited, owned by Ocean Winds (95 per cent stake) and Ignitis Grupe (5 per cent stake), has awarded the onshore and offshore high voltage alternating current (HVAC) export cables contract for the Moray West offshore wind farm, to French cable supplier Nexans.

• Italy’s Prysmian Group produces first 20 km of 525 kV HVDC UGC for Germany’s SuedOstLink

  December 9, 2021
  In a major milestone, Italy’s Prysmian Group has produced the first 20 km of underground cable (UGC) for one of Germany's 525 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) SuedOstLink lines.

• Pivot Power begins work on UK’s 50 MW/100 MWh battery storage project

  December 8, 2021
  EDF Renewables’ Pivot Power has commenced work on a 50 MW/100 MWh grid-scale battery storage project in Sandwell, northwest of Birmingham, UK.

• Russian Rosseti FGC reconstructs Zimovniki and Metallurgical substations, upgrades others

  December 8, 2021
  Russian energy company Rosseti FGC UES has undertaken the reconstruction of the 220 kV Zimovniki main substation for power supply to the Zimovniki-Gashun railway section in the Rostov region.

• UK’s National Grid completes Richborough Connection project

  December 7, 2021
  The UK’s National Grid has completed the Richborough connection project, which included the construction of a new 20 km-long, 400 kV double-circuit overhead line (OHL) from Richborough to Canterbury, and a new 400 kV substation in Richborough.

• TenneT launches tender for 525 kV DC cable for IJmuiden Ver project in Netherlands

  December 7, 2021
  Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has launched a tender for a 525 kV direct current (DC) cable for the 2 GW IJmuiden Ver transmission project in the Dutch North Sea.

• Poland PSE imports power to tackle power shortage

  December 7, 2021
  Poland's transmission system operator (TSO) Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE) reported that it had to import power to tackle a 1,000 MW power shortage due to low wind generation and emergency shutdowns of several generating units.

• Lithuania’s Litgrid awards contracts for two 330 kV OHLs

  December 7, 2021
  Litgrid, the transmission system operator (TSO) for Lithuania, has awarded contracts for two 330 kV overhead lines (OHLs).

• ENTSO-E publishes Winter Outlook report

  December 6, 2021
  The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) has published the Winter Outlook report, underlining the greater resilience of the European Union (EU) electricity market.

• 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).