transmission

UK Power Networks’ (UKPN) customers pay 14% less than the average annual cost for electricity distribution services. That’s the claim from the organisation’s latest annual report, which says it offers excellent value for money and reliability for 8.2 million homes and businesses across London, the South East and the East of England. It suggests its […]

Applications for drone technology across the global power and utilities industry could be worth up to $9.5 billion (£7.2bn) a year by 2021. That’s the forecast from PwC, which suggests the unmanned aerial vehicles could prove useful in a wide number of roles, for example conducting geospatial surveys, assessing levels of pollution and even using […]

Siemens is modernising 15 power transformers at the Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique. The technology firm is undertaking the work for operator Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), which has tasked it to upgrade transmission links built in the 1970s to transmit electrical power from the hydropower plant over a distance of 1,450 kilometres. The deal […]

Ofgem has appointed a preferred bidder to own and operate transmission links at an offshore wind farm in the UK. The energy regulator has decided Diamond Transmission Partners (DTP) should take on the role at the Burbo Bank Extension facility in the Liverpool Bay for the next 20 years. DTP is a consortium made up […]

The US Secretary of Interior has announced plans to boost renewables and transmission in the Western States. Sally Jewell’s steps form part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to reduce carbon emissions and create more jobs in clean energy. She signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Governor of California to ensure the Interior Department […]

More wind generation connections in Scotland will lead to an increase in north-to-south transmission demand. The network will need new capacity to transport power across Scotland and much of England to meet demand in the south according to National Grid’s ‘Electricity Ten Year Statement 2015’ published today. The statement, which shows likely future transmission requirements, […]

ABB has won orders worth more than $300 million (£195m) for technologies to enable two new power transmission lines. They have the capacity to transmit 8,000MW of wind and thermal power from Shanxi to Nanjing and from Jiuquan to Hunan. That’s enough electricity to meet the needs of 26 million consumers. ABB will supply converters, […]

Two loans totalling $150 million (£92.4m) has been given to the Indian Government for infrastructure that will support renewable energy development in the country. The cash will be used in the state of Rajasthan for high-voltage transmission lines and substations which will be built by Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (RRVPNL). It is the […]

Ministers plan to change the way the levies on energy bills work, rather than cutting them entirely. Reports from the BBC claim government insiders have said they want the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) introduced earlier this year to be implemented over a longer period – four years instead of two. They also want the Warm […]

Energy regulator Ofgem is consulting on plans to upgrade a stretch of the electricity network on the Scottish coast for £205million. This is one of several new projects due to be considered by Ofgem between 2013 and 2021. The work will include two subsea cables between the Kintyre peninsula and Hunterston as well as the […]