Brazil is focusing on interconnecting various regions of the country driven by rising demand and the significant expansion of the generation capacity (predominantly renewables) expected to occur over the next few years,...
Read MoreAs per the Plano Decenal de Expansao de Energia 2032 or Ten-Year Energy Expansion Plan 2032 presented by the Empresa de Pesquisa Energetica (EPE) or Energy Research Office, Brazil, it is anticipated that by 2032, an additional...
Read MoreBrazil has a few major vertically integrated players in the energy sector that are involved in generating, transmitting and distributing electricity. These include Furnas Centrais Elétricas S.A. (Furnas), Companhia Hidro...
Read MoreBelgium’s energy and climate policies push for rapid expansion of renewable electricity. The major players in the power generation sector are ENGIE’s Electrabel, Flexcity, Luminus and Eneco Energy Trades, and they have been...
Read MoreBelgium’s electricity transmission network is managed by its TSO Elia. It also has one of the most well-connected grids with its neighbouring countries including France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg. As of 2022,...
Read MoreAs of 2022, Belgium’s electricity sector had an installed generation capacity of over 25 GW, of which 6 per cent was based on hydro, 23 per cent on nuclear, 30 per cent on thermal and 41 per cent on renewable energy. During the...
Read MoreNational Grid Corporation of Philippines’ (NGCP) recently-released consultation report of the Transmission Development Plan (TDP 2023-2040) encompasses the installation of various power plants in the coming years, aimed at...
Read MoreAs of 2022, the Philippines’ transmission network comprised about 14,531 circuit km (ckm) of transmission lines at the voltage levels of 115 kV, 138 kV, 230 kV, 350 kV and 500 kV. Of the total installed line length, 45 per cent...
Read MoreThe Philippines is increasingly focusing on energy transition to meet its energy demand sustainably while reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Renewable energy comprises 30 per cent of the existing dependable capacity with hydro...
Read MoreChile is making significant efforts to become carbon neutral by 2050. As part of this initiative, the country plans to decommission all 28 of its coal projects, which collectively generate more than 5,529 MW of power, by 2040....
Read MoreAs of 2022, Chile’s transmission network comprised about 29,860 km of line length at the 500 kV, 345 kV, 220 kV, 154 kV and 112 kV voltage levels. Of the total installed line length, 61 per cent was at the 220 kV level, 16 per...
Read MoreAs of 2022, Chile’s electricity sector had an installed generation capacity of over 32 GW, comprising 28.6 per cent thermal, 22.6 per cent hydro, 21 per cent solar, 13.6 per cent natural gas, 12.2 per cent wind, and the rest...
Read MoreElectricity demand for seven member countries of EAPP, for which the forecasted data is available, is expected to increase from 88,763 MW in 2023 to 1,45,969 MW in 2029, representing a CAGR of 13.24 per cent. Figure 1:...
Read MoreBetween 2017 and 2021, the transmission line length of seven member countries (for which line length details were available), namely, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, grew at a CAGR ranging from 1.48...
Read MoreThe Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) was established in 2005 to coordinate cross-border electricity trade and grid connection among the countries of the eastern Africa region. EAPP comprises 13 eastern African countries —...
Read MorePoland is making significant strides towards decarbonising its economy and reducing its carbon footprint. Over the next decade, the structure of power supply will change with the contribution of coal expected to decrease and...
Read MoreAs of December 2022, Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A (PSE), the country’s transmission system operator (TSO), owned and operated a transmission network comprising over 300 lines with a total length of 16,091 km including...
Read MoreThe majority of the electricity assets in Poland continue to be owned by the federal government. The state-owned Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (PGE S.A.) is the largest electric power utility with leading positions in the...
Read MoreBy the end of 2021, the 202 TSOs and developers tracked by Global Transmission Research incurred investments of USD1,304 billion across the electricity transmission sector. Of this, the majority, or 64 per cent, was invested by...
Read MoreGlobal Transmission Research studied various parameters such as transmission losses, System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) and System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI) to assess the operational...
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