The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, semiconductor plants and advanced manufacturing is reshaping electricity demand in the US. Instead of the gradual load growth that utilities have historically...
Read MoreLarge loads driven by artificial intelligence (AI)-based data centres are expanding at a phenomenal pace across North America, particularly in the US. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the regulatory...
Read MoreThe US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) released its Strategic Plan in March 2026. It is a comprehensive roadmap for modernising the country’s electricity grid, strengthening resilience, expanding capacity...
Read MoreEurope is faced with the unprecedented challenge of meeting its energy transition goals of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 (at least 55 per cent emission reduction by 2030), while simultaneously phasing out reliance on...
Read MoreThe US faces a mounting electricity infrastructure challenge. Growing demand from data centres, artificial intelligence (AI) computing facilities, industrial clusters, and transport and buildings electrification is straining a...
Read MoreIn January 2026, the Indian Ministry of Power released the Draft National Electricity Policy (NEP) 2026. This is a landmark policy to steer the country’s power sector towards the vision of Viksit Bharat@2047. The latter aims to...
Read MoreSouth Africa’s power sector reforms have taken a new turn and are back in the spotlight. The country’s electricity minister, in December 2025, approved the state-owned utility Eskom’s revised unbundling strategy. Under the...
Read MoreEurope’s energy transition has reached a critical juncture where the availability, resilience and integration of energy infrastructure have become as vital as large-scale deployment of renewable energy generation itself. In the...
Read MoreThe US is witnessing an unprecedented rise in electricity demand, driven by artificial intelligence (AI)-based data centres, semiconductor fabrication plants and other energy-intensive industries, which are straining the...
Read MoreThe US is facing unprecedented growth in electricity demand from artificial intelligence (AI)-driven data centres, advanced manufacturing facilities, semiconductor fabrication plants and other large energy users. This growth has...
Read MoreFor close to a decade, the UK has been considering introducing competitively appointed transmission owners (CATOs) in onshore electricity transmission, with the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) initially discussing...
Read MoreThe European Union (EU) is proactively pursuing its goals of achieving a carbon-neutral, competitive, secure, sustainable and increasingly electrified Europe. Electricity grids are considered the central element in this...
Read MoreArgentina’s electricity sector is undergoing significant reforms under the current administration, which took office in December 2023. The government has taken a series of measures to deregulate the sector and promote private...
Read MoreMexico’s power sector has been undergoing major reforms under the new administration. It aims to expand renewable energy to 45 per cent of the installed generation capacity by 2030, signalling a shift towards a more diversified...
Read MoreEgypt’s Integrated and Sustainable Energy Strategy until 2040 aims to secure electricity supply, diversify energy sources and maximise the share of renewable energy sources (RES) in the energy mix to reach 42 per cent by 2030...
Read MoreNigeria’s electricity sector has been grappling with significant challenges, including insufficient generation capacity, severe electricity shortages, an underperforming transmission grid and frequent blackouts for long. To...
Read MoreCalifornia is accelerating efforts to achieve its clean energy goals of 100 per cent zero-carbon electricity by 2045, with interim targets of 60 per cent by 2030, 90 per cent by 2035 and 95 per cent by 2040. According to...
Read MoreBrazil started 2025 on a positive note for the offshore wind (OSW) development and energy transition. On January 10, 2025, Brazil’s president enacted Federal Law No. 15.097/2025, introducing the regulatory framework for OSW...
Read MoreThe European Union (EU) is at a crossroads vis-a-vis competitiveness, decarbonisation and security, with a clear need to act. High energy costs, fierce global competition and complex regulations have adversely impacted EU...
Read MoreElectricity transmission and distribution grids are key enablers of the European Union’s (EU) energy transition. However, grids could become bottlenecks if their build-out does not begin well ahead of the anticipated system...
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