November 11, 2020
The Estonian government has allocated EUR8 million to the state-owned transmission system operator (TSO) Elering to compensate an increase in the renewable energy charge payable by domestic and business consumers in 2021.
November 9, 2020
The Latvian transmission system operator (TSO) Augstsprieguma Tikls (AST) has commissioned the newly built 330 kV electricity transmission line from the Riga thermal power plant (CHP-2) to the Riga hydro power plant (HPP), as well as the reconstructed sections of the existing 330 kV line from Riga CHP-2 to the Salaspils substation.
November 4, 2020
Spanish transmission system operator (TSO) Red Electrica De Espana S.A (REE) has awarded GE Renewable Energy's Grid Solutions with a contract for the supply of ten mobile substations for the Canary and Balearic Islands, including one sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)-free substation that will support Spain in its decarbonisation goals.
November 4, 2020
According to Lithuanian transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid, Lithuania has set zero capacity for commercial electricity flow from Belarus as Belarus has started electricity production at the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP).
November 4, 2020
The Croatian transmission system operator (TSO), Hrvatski Operator Prijenosnog Sustava D.O.O. (HOPS) has signed a HRK49.9 million contract with local Koncar Power Plant and Electric Traction Engineering Inc. (Koncar KET) company for the revitalisation of the central remote control of the elektroenergetski sustav (EES) or Electricity Power System.
November 2, 2020
The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has invited tenders for services related to cable repair and maintenance in both Germany and the Netherlands, which include locating cable faults. As reported, the services will be delivered across several grid connections and interconnectors.
November 2, 2020
The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has awarded ten framework agreements for marine warranty surveyor (MWS) services, which will support the realisation of several offshore grid connections in Germany and the Netherlands.
October 29, 2020
Latvia’s state-owned transmission system operator (TSO) Augstsprieguma Tikls (AST) is planning to invest more than EUR50 million in the upgradation of power supply in Vidzeme, during 2020.
October 28, 2020
The Macedonian Transmission System Operator (AD MEPSO) has signed an agreement with Croatian engineering company Dalekovod for the reconstruction of the 400/110 kV Bitola 2 substation.
October 28, 2020
Lithuania’s power transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid will not be importing electricity from Belarus in November, after the start of electricity production at the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP).
October 26, 2020
The Danish supplier of power cable solutions, NKT Cables, has completed the replacement of four high voltage (HV) lines connecting the power grids of Sweden and Denmark since 1973.
October 21, 2020
German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz and its Danish counterpart Energinet have inaugurated Combined Grid Solution (CGS), the world's first hybrid, offshore interconnector to link German and Danish offshore wind farms.
October 21, 2020
Lithuania's transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid has awarded a EUR17 million contract to Sweden’s NKT HV Cable for emergency repair services for the 450-km-long, NordBalt—a submarine electricity cable between Lithuania and Sweden.
October 20, 2020
Latvia’s power transmission system operator (TSO) Augstsprieguma tīkls AS (AST) plans to invest EUR405 million in grid development during a ten-year period starting from 2021 to 2030. The document entailing the 10-year development plan has been approved by the country’s energy regulator Public Utilities Commission (PUC) or Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisijai (SPRK).
October 19, 2020
The UK power transmission system operator (TSO) National Grid has launched the 1,000 MW Interconnexion France-Angleterre (IFA2) high voltage direct current (HVDC) link project, aimed to link the UK and France.
October 19, 2020
Finland’s electricity transmission system operator (TSO) Fingrid is set to undertake expansion of the 400 kV Jylkkä substation in Kalajoki with the addition of a third 400/100 kV transformer.
October 15, 2020
Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, Statkraft, has awarded a contract to engineering company Powersystems UK to undertake electrical and civil engineering works for a GBP20 million grid project in Moray, Scotland to support further renewables’ integration.
October 14, 2020
The four Nordic transmission system operators (TSOs)—Finland’s Fingrid, Sweden’s Svenska Kraftnat, Denmark’s Energinet and Norway’s Statnett—have started to prepare the Nordic Grid Development Perspective 2021 (NGDP 2021).
October 14, 2020
Slovenia's state-owned electricity transmission operator, Elektro-Slovenija, d.o.o. (ELES), has begun constructing the 80-km, 400 kV Cirkovce–Pince transmission line, which will enable the establishment of the first interconnection with the transmission grid of neighbouring Hungary.