International News
Hitachi ABB Power Grids consortium to build Middle East-North Africa interconnection
Hitachi ABB Power Grids announced that it is the lead in a consortium that has been awarded a major contract worth several hundreds of millions of US dollars from the Saudi Electricity Company and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company.
Vestas to install V236-15.0 MW prototype turbine in Denmark
- Oct 18, 2021
Vestas has decided to install the V236-15 MW offshore prototype wind turbine at the Østerild National test centre for large wind turbines in Western Jutland, Denmark, a company release said.
GE adds second production line to its Cherbourg wind blade factory in France
- Oct 12, 2021
LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business has announced the launch of its second 107-m wind turbine blade production line at its Cherbourg factory in France.
Battery Test Lab expands capabilities with “Safety and Abuse” facility
- Oct 12, 2021
The Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Test and Commercialization Center, owned by the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST) and managed by DNV, recently expanded its testing capabilities
Siemens supplies clean-air MV switchgear for Austrian substation
- Oct 7, 2021
The Münichtal substation of Energie Steiermark Group in Austria now has a sustainable medium-voltage switchgear from Siemens.
Sumitomo Electric completes replacement of submarine cable in Alaska, USA
- Oct 4, 2021
Sumitomo Electric a Ltd, in a release, said that it has safely installed a submarine cable into the Stikine Crossing via Southeast Alaska Power Agency (SEAPA) in collaboration with its subsidiary, Sumitomo Electric USA, Inc., and various sub-contractors.
Siemens Energy, Sumitomo to supply HVDC technology to Ireland-Great Britain Link
- Sep 21, 2021
Siemens Energy, together with its consortium partner Sumitomo Electric, has signed a contract with Greenlink Interconnector Ltd, with respect to an HVDC link between Ireland and Great Britain.
Bhutan gets first set of ACCC conductors, Gupta Power is principal contractor
- Sep 8, 2021
Bhutan has become the sixtieth country to deploy the ACCC® Conductor by CTC Global. With the help of Gupta Power Infrastructure Ltd as a principal contractor, Bhutan Power Corporation completed its first two ACCC® Conductor installations in the hilly nation.
ANDRITZ to supply synchronous condensers for new interconnection in Australia
- Sep 3, 2021
International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from SecureEnergy to supply the electro-mechanical equipment for four synchronous condenser plants in New South Wales, Australia.
Wind power line SuedLink to be equipped with Siemens Energy HVDC technology
- Aug 23, 2021
Siemens will be supplying HVDC technology to the SuedLink, a new HVDC transmission link that will help evacuation of wind and solar energy, in Germany