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National Grid applies for Green Link 1 substation

Jun 23, 2022
National Grid has submitted a planning application to Durham County Council for the onshore elements of a new High Voltage Direct Current ‘renewable energy superhighway’. The connection will run from the … read more »
Jun 23, 2022

Second set of transformer units arrive in Shetland

Jun 17, 2022
The final two transformer units for the Shetland HVDC link have arrived in Lerwick Harbour this week, with the SSEN Transmission team preparing for them to be transported to their … read more »
Jun 17, 2022

Iberdrola commissions Greece wind farm

Jun 13, 2022
Iberdrola has commissioned the 33.6 MW Mikronoros wind farm in Greece. With the entry into service of this facility, located in the province of Rodopi, the company brings its total … read more »
Jun 13, 2022

Hitachi Energy wins Deutsche Bahn converter station order

Jun 1, 2022
Hitachi Energy has won an order from Deutsche Bahn to provide a 120 megawatt (MW) converter station which enables DB Energie to secure power supply for the Greater Berlin rail … read more »
Jun 1, 2022

Ørsted to acquire Illinois wind farm

May 23, 2022
Ørsted has agreed to acquire Ford County Wind, a 121 MW onshore wind farm in Ford County, Illinois, from funds managed by Ares Management Corporation’s Infrastructure Opportunities strategy (‘Ares’). The … read more »
May 23, 2022

Iberdrola acquires world’s largest onshore wind farm with 1,000 MW in Australia

Apr 26, 2022
Iberdrola has acquired the rights to its largest onshore wind farm in the world, with 1,000 MW of capacity. The Mount James wind farm is located in North Queensland, Australia, … read more »
Apr 26, 2022

Ørsted and partners sign agreement to progress gigawatt-scale floating wind site in Scotland

Apr 22, 2022
The Ørsted, Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy consortium has signed an Option Agreement with Crown Estate Scotland (CES) for its new floating offshore wind site off the north-east coast of Scotland. … read more »
Apr 22, 2022

Burns & McDonnell complete work on solar project

Apr 19, 2022
Burns & McDonnell has recently completed the construction of a 65-MWdc/50-MWac solar project at Vistra’s Brightside Solar Facility in Live Oak County, Texas. The project peaked with over 250 craft … read more »
Apr 19, 2022

China’s first floating wind turbine commissioned with unique dry-type transformer from Hitachi Energy

Apr 18, 2022
Hitachi Energy has developed and supplied a first-of-its-kind Vacuum-Cast-Coil (VCC) dry-type transformer that is specially designed for floating, off-shore wind turbines. This unique transformer by Hitachi Energy has been installed … read more »
Apr 18, 2022

Certel acquires new ‘smart’ transformers

Apr 7, 2022
Brazilian utility Certel has acquired new distribution transformers that allow for the full monitoring of the equipment. The system, called “Smart Trafo”, makes it possible to read in real-time several … read more »
Apr 7, 2022

National Grid to deliver transformer to Feckenham substation

Apr 6, 2022
National Grid has announced plans to transport a transformer from its Sundon substation in Chalton, Bedfordshire to Feckenham substation in Worcestershire. Originally planned for last month, the movement will now … read more »
Apr 6, 2022

Hitachi supplies two EconiQ transformers to China “zero carbon” substation

Apr 1, 2022
Hitachi Energy has supplied two 110 kilovolt, 63 megavolt ampere EconiQ™ power transformers to China’s State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) for a substation project underway in the Jiangsu Province, … read more »
Apr 1, 2022