Sheriff Says North Carolina Electric Grid Shooter 'Knew Exactly What They Were Doing'

The mastermind behind the shooting strikes on North Carolina power plants that left virtually an entire county without power for the second day in a row understood "absolutely" how to destroy the stations, sheriff Ronnie Fields said on Monday.

Fields' remarks came as North...

China's State Grid and Singapore Power have withdrawn from hybrid renewable and long-duration storage project in Australia

A joint venture between the State Grid Corporation of China and Singapore Power has opted not to invest in a hybrid power plant project in South Australia.

State Grid owns 60% of Jemena Group, which participates in the Australian energy market, and Singapore Power owns 40%. Jemena has o...

Indian Aluminium producers draw costly power from national grid

The Aluminium Association of India said that aluminium producers in India are drawing expensive power from the national grid. This is putting an extra pressure on pressure on utilities with low coal stocks.

Highlights

• Aluminium producers are drawing po...

UK’S ELECTRIC CAR MOTORWAY CHARGING NETWORK IS SOLD TO GRIDSERVE

Highlights:

• The electric car motorway charging network of UK is sold to the company backed by Hitachi
• The company Gridserve is understood to buy the remainder of the business from the company Ecotricity

The company, which has been op...

ZENOBE ENERGY TO DEVELOP 100-MW GRID BATTERY IN UNITED KINGDOM

Highlights:

• The company ‘Zenobe Energy’ is going to develop a 100-megawatt grid battery in United Kingdom
• The energy storage plant is going to be the first plant in the world for absorbing the reactive power directly

The ...

LIVE PEER-TO-PEER SOLAR ENERGY TRADING PROJECT ROLLED OUT BY TATA POWER

HIGHLIGHTS

• Power Ledger and Tata Power have joined hands to launch the first live peer-to-peer solar energy trading project in Delhi.
• This project introduces the concept of energy trading in Delhi.

Australian tech firm Power Ledger and Tata Powe...

GERMANY NEEDS 110 BILLION EUROS IN GRID NETWORK INVESTMENTS FOR MEETING ITS CLIMATE TARGETS BY 2050

Highlights:

• Germany requires 110 billion euros in the grid investments for meeting the climate targets by the year 2050
• For Germany, achieving its targets, the electricity distribution networks must be expanded and modernised

A new s...

RUSSIA READY TO REGISTER ITS COVID VACCINE THIS MONTH

Highlights:

•     August 12, 2020, shall be a historic day in the Covid19 pandemic chapter when Russia becomes the first country to register its COVID 19 vaccine

•     The vaccination will first be on medical professionals and ...

UK MAY STRUGGLE TO BE ZERO CARBON WITHOUT GOVERNMENT STEER

HIGHLIGHT

• Ofgem has asked network operators to accelerate their decarbonisation efforts.
• Ofgem has planned separate budget of billions of pounds for infrastructure upgrades to aid decarbonization.
• Experts fear that nothing significant can h...

LONGEST ELECTRICTIY CABLE FOR CLEAN ENERGY SUPPLY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

HIGHLIGHTS

• The construction of longest electricity interconnector is underway.
• The Viking Link will stretch from Lincolnshire across the North Sea to Denmark.

The National Grid of United Kingdom (UK) has started to work on the world&...

State Grid of China buys 49% stake in Oman electricity

A recent report suggests of 49 percent stake bought by China’s State Grid in Oman’s Electricity Holding Company. The latest development promises a new push by the world’s largest utility in order to strike big-ticket deals for oversea assets.

As determined by State Gri...

Any relief on AGR dues to the non-telecom firms can only come from SC

In the wake of conveying notification to firms, for example, gas utility GAIL for crores of rupees in past levy, the Department of Telecommunications has said that any help to non-telecom organizations from installment of upgraded tolls can come uniquely from the Supreme Court.

The Tele...

IntraFlex with NODES, Smart Grid Consultancy launched by the Western Power Distribution

The Network Innovation Allowance funded project is intending to launch the NODES platform in the United Kingdom and construct a novel flexibility market for the Distribution Network Operator.

This will pave for providers to be able to offer flexibility at various timeframes with numerou...

Rs 5,500 crore granted to the North-East gas grid project

Latest reports suggest the government of India is providing a Viability Gap Funding (VGF) of Rs 5,500 crore to the North-East gas grid.

News sources allege the Prime Minister’s Office has agreed to the proposal of the oil ministry to extend 60% of budgetary support to the allegedl...