Europe News

Latest news and developments from Europe

• Sweden’s SvK welcomes Climate Law Inquiry's proposals for lines [free access]

  May 30, 2022
  The Climate Law Inquiry set up by Sweden’s Minister of the Environment and Climate, submitted its final report to the government on May 18, 2022.

• Lithuania’s Litgrid to test power system ahead of disconnection from BRELL

  May 30, 2022
  Lithuania's power transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid is preparing for a test of the isolated operation of the Lithuanian electricity system as a part of the process for synchronisation with continental European networks.

• ElecLink interconnector commences commercial operations [free access]

  May 26, 2022
  The 1 GW ElecLink interconnector project through the Channel Tunnel between the UK and France commenced commercial operations on May 25, 2022.

• Irish An Bord Pleanála grants approval for 320 kV Celtic interconnector

  May 25, 2022
  Ireland's national independent planning body, An Bord Pleanála, has granted approval for the Celtic interconnector project between Ireland and France.

• German Transnet BW begins transmission network reinforcement in Baden

  May 25, 2022
  The German transmission system operator (TSO) Transnet BW has commenced the reinforcement of the transmission system of the Rhine corridor in Baden.

• Serbia and Hungary to jointly build interconnector

  May 25, 2022
  The governments of Serbia and Hungary have proposed to build a power interconnector to exchange surplus electricity.

• Italian Terna to invest EUR200 million in Olympics transmission network

  May 24, 2022
  Italy’s transmission system operator (TSO) Terna is in the process of investing EUR200 million in the new electricity network of the 'Milan–Cortina 2026' Olympic and Paralympic Games.

• Rosseti FGC UES upgrades three substations and Kostanay–Chelyabinsk line

  May 24, 2022
  Russia’s state-owned power transmission company, Rosseti FGC UES, is upgrading three 220 kV substations – at Uzlovay, Orlovskaya District, and Mtsensk in the Orel region.

• First submarine electric cable installed for Calvados offshore wind farm in France

  May 23, 2022
  The first submarine electric cable has been successfully installed for the Calvados offshore wind farm located near Normandy, France.

• Lithuania's Litgrid completes repair of LitPol Link

  May 23, 2022
  Lithuania's power transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid has completed repair work on the LitPol Link electricity interconnector between Lithuania and Poland.

• Moldova awards contract for 400 kV project to Indian POWERGRID

  May 23, 2022
  Indian state-owned Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) has been awarded a contract for consulting services towards the 400 kV World Bank-funded Moldova Power System Development project.

• Germany’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 OSW farm provides system balancing power

  May 19, 2022
  Germany’s 312 MW Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind (OSW) farm located in Germany’s exclusive economic zone in the North Sea, is providing grid stabilisation power for the German power grid, making it the country’s first offshore wind farm taking up this task.

• Four EU countries to build 150 GW offshore capacity in North Sea by 2050

  May 19, 2022
  Four European Union (EU) countries, including Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark, have signed a EUR135 billion pact to develop 65 GW by 2030 and at least 150 GW of offshore capacity by 2050, more than 10 times their existing capacity.

• Austrian TSO APG to invest EUR150 million in Ernsthofen substation

  May 19, 2022
  APG AG (Austrian Power Grid AG), the transmission system operator (TSO) of Austria, has invested EUR150 million in the modernisation of the 220 kV Ernsthofen substation in Lower Austria.

• Russia’s Rosseti upgrades 500 kV Zarya substation

  May 19, 2022
  Russia’s state-owned power transmission company, Rosseti FGC UES, has completed the upgradation work for the 500 kV Zarya ultra-high voltage substation in the Novosibirsk region.

• Proserv to deliver CMS for Equinor’s Hywind Scotland floating OSW project

  May 18, 2022
  The UK-based controls technology specialist Proserv would provide its cable monitoring system (CMS) – ECG, to Equinor's 30 MW Hywind Scotland floating offshore wind (OSW) farm located off the coast of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire in north-east Scotland.

• ACER to decide on Swedish Svk derogation request

  May 18, 2022
  The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has received a request from the Swedish transmission system operator (TSO), Svenska kraftnät (SvK), for a derogation from the minimum capacity (70 per cent requirement) available for cross-zonal commerce for multiple electricity interconnections for 2022.

• German TSO Amprion presents results of ‘System Vision 2050’ project

  May 17, 2022
  Dortmund-based Amprion GmbH, one of the four transmission system operators (TSOs) for electricity in Germany, has presented the results of its research project "System Vision 2050", together with 14 partners from business, politics and society, including Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), Entelios and STEAG GmbH.

• Finland’s Fingrid awards EUR16 million transmission contract to Enersense

  May 17, 2022
  Finnish electricity transmission system operator (TSO), Fingrid, has awarded Enersense PN, a subsidiary of Finnish zero-emission energy solutions provider Enersense International, a contract for the Pyhänselkä–Herva section of the Aurora Line.

• Rambøll to modernise 100 transformers for Danish Energinet

  May 16, 2022
  Danish engineering consultancy company Rambøll has signed a framework agreement with the Danish transmission system operator (TSO), Energinet, for the modernisation of the latter’s 100 transformers in Denmark.