


Switchgear Market

SF6 replaced for the first time in existing HV equipment
National Grid has an ambitious target to reduce its SF6 emissions by 50% by 2030 and to eventually eradicate SF6 from its entire fleet by 2050. As a big step in this direction, it partnered with Hitachi Energy to replace SF6 from its 420 kV gas-insulated lines...
Hitachi ABB Power Grids announces EconiQ High-voltage Roadmap at CIGRE 2021
It has been around four months since Hitachi ABB Power Grids launched its HV SF6-free switchgear portfolio called EconiQ. Recently, at CIGRE 2021, Hitachi ABB Power Grids has announced its roadmap for its upcoming SF6-free switchgear launches. The roadmap illustrates...
GE energizes SSEN Transmission’s first g3 gas-insulated substation in Scotland
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has energized Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission’s first g3 gas-insulated New Deer substation. This represents the world’s largest installation to date of g3 gas, GE’s alternative to SF6. With...
Hitachi ABB to provide grid connection for Poland solar park.
Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ltd. has won an order from Windtel, the Poland-based construction company, to provide a high-voltage grid connection for the 65 megawatt (MW) Witnica Solar Park in northern Poland. Witnica will be by far the largest solar power plant in the...
Iberdrola steps up efforts in carbon-neutrality quest
Iberdrola's strategic investment plan is supported by innovation initiatives aimed at decarbonising the energy mix, increasing its resilience and consolidating the company's leadership in renewable energy, smart grids, efficient storage and clean technologies. Working...
The new Arkkukallio substation will be a significant connecting point for wind power
To supply clean energy generated by several wind power projects that are currently under construction to the south of Kristinestad, Fingrid has announced the construction of the Arkkukallio substation in Kärjenkoski, a village in the municipality of Isojoki. The...
Abengoa is awarded a transmission line for ENGIE’s Punta Lomitas Project.
Punta lomitas which will be the largest wind farm in Peru and the first for ENGIE Energia Peru has the total capacity of 260 MW. Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the infrastructure, energy, and water...
Juwi to construct worlds largest solar hybrid project at an off-grid mine in Egypt
The Cape Town based subsidiary of German renewable energy specialist Juwi AG, signed an agreement with Sukari Gold Mines to design, supply, build and integrate a solar battery hybrid power plant for Egypts largest gold mine. Centamin plc owns and operates the mine in...
Siemens Energy wins the largest order for SF6-free gas-insulated switchgear in Europe
Siemens Energy has signed a deal with Finland's Transmission System Operator, Fingrid to supply 10 bays of SF6-free GIS. Fingrid decided to modernize the 110 kV switchgear in Virkkala substation in Lohja, so that it operates without any climate-harming gases using the...
Endesa will invest over USD 246 million to improve it’s service
Endesa, a DSO in Spain having 65 substations, 10792 transformers, and 25,103 km of lines, has announced an investment of USD. 246 million over the next three years in the distribution network in the province of Malaga. The key focus would be on improving the...
Japan’s first commercial hydrogen power plant to open near Mount Fuji
Erex, an independent power supplier in Japan, will build Japans first commercial hydrogen power plant in the Yamanashi town of Mount Fuji. It will generate around 360 kilowatts of electricity and will supply power to 100 households. Erex will purchase hydrogen at USD...
GE and Hitachi ABB Power Grids signed an agreement to reduce environmental impact in the electrical transmission industry
GE and Hitachi ABB Power Grids have signed a non-exclusive, cross-licensing agreement related to the use of an alternative gas to sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) used in high voltage equipment. This fluoronitrile-based gas mixture has a significantly reduced impact on the...
Vietnam installs first 220kV digital substation in Hai Phong
Vietnams National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) has put into operation its first digital substation in the northern port city of Hai Phong. The 220kV digital substation was built at the total cost of more than $15 million, on an area of approx. 40,000 sq...
Hitachi ABB Power Grids launches EconiQ, an SF6-free GIS portfolio
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has launched EconiQ its portfolio of high-voltage SF6-free Gas-Insulated Switchgear. The GIS uses a fluoronitrile-based gas mixture which is a viable alternative to SF6, the most potent greenhouse gas. European commission in its September...
The Dutch Company is building new thermal power plant in Surkhandarya Region, Uzbekistan.
Ministry of Energy, Uzbekistan has signed an investment agreement of USD 1.2 Billion for the construction of a new thermal power plant in the Surkhandarya region. A thermal power plant of 1560 MW will be constructed by Stone City Energy. The company will design,...
Northland enters the Spanish renewables market through Solar and Wind portfolio acquisition
Canadian company Northland power has entered into an agreement with Helia Renovables, a fund sponsored by Plenium Partners Asset Management and Bankinter, to acquire a portfolio of operating onshore renewable assets in Spain. The deal includes a total cash...
Duke Energy Uses 3-D Scanning in a Substation
Historically, light detection and ranging was used by utility engineers to aid in the design of transmission lines. The use of this technology has since been expanded to other areas that needed the same level of detail and accuracy, including substations. Duke...
South-east Asia’s first large-scale underground substation.
South-east Asias first largescale underground substation is under construction in Labrador, the substation will be built over the area of three hectors almost equal to 4 football fields and optimizing space in land-scarce Singapore. The land above the underground...
Vietnam plans to double wind generation by 2030
The national power development plan VIII (PDPVIII) published by Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) contains plans to increase wind energy production from 600MW in 2020 to over 11 gigawatts (GW) in 2030 and solar power will grow to 19GW20GW in 2030. 35...
Chinas State Grid has acquired Naturgy’s Chilean subsidiary called CGE
Spains Naturgy has sold its Chilean subsidiary, CGE to Chinas State Grid for USD 3 billion. The sale of the electricity grids business was initiated back in November 2020. With more than 3 million customers, CGE was the biggest utility in Chile. Following are the...
Biden’s administration sets a target to deploy 30GW of offshore wind in the US by 2030 and 110GW by 2050.
In order to eliminate U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change, the Biden's administration has set a national target of 30 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030 to jumpstart offshore wind energy in the States and create thousands of jobs in the...
GE wins an order for the construction of three 400 kV Gas-Insulated Substations in Nepal
GE has won a contract by Nepal Electricity Authority to upgrade three 220 kV Gas-Insulated Substations located in Khimti, Barhabise and Lapsiphedi in Nepal to 400 kV. This multi-million dollar order is a Nepal South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Power...
Ameren Missouri to Build Largest Solar Facility in Company’s History
Construction begins this summer on Ameren Missouri's largest-ever solar facility. The new energy center will be in Montgomery County, Missouri, about an hour west of St. Louis, which is in Ameren Missouris service territory. This will be the company's second site as...
EFACEC supplies technology for its first digital substation in Latin America for ENEL Peru
Efacec has installed its first fully digital, distributed automation system called CLP 500SAS in Latin America under an Automation, Protection and Control contract with ENEL Peru. The 220/66 kV digital substation project is part of the growing need for electricity in...
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has signed an agreement with Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd (JPVL) to acquire 74% stake in Jaypee Power grid Ltd for $48 million.
PGCIL signed an agreement with Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd (JPVL) to acquire 74 per cent stake in JPL owned by JPVL. On completion of this transaction, JPL will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of PGCIL. JPL was formed by joint venture of PGCIL and JPVL to implement...
National Grid announced to acquire the UK’s largest electricity distribution company , Western Power Distribution from a US based PPL for approximately 8 billion pounds.
National grid will buy the UK's largest electricity distribution company Western Power Distribution asset for an equity value of 7.8 billion pounds as it positions itself for a climate-driven transition from gas to electric power. Moreover, the company announced to...
Cuomo announces construction of wind farm transmission line.
New Yorks Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the adoption of a joint proposal to build a 7.6-mile transmission line that would link the proposed South Fork offshore wind farm to a substation in the Town of East Hampton, Suffolk County. The transmission line is...
Hitachi ABB Power Grids wins a USD 17.1 million contract from BALCO
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has won a project of over USD 17 million by Bharat Aluminum Company (BALCO), to ensure improved reliability of the power distribution system at its Korba plant in Chhattisgarh. PTR expects that the domestic consumption of aluminum in India will...
10MW solar project commissioned in Nepal
Nepal recently commissioned a 10MW solar plant, country's largest private solar project, in Dhalkebar region through Kushal projects Nepal Pvt Ltd. The project will feature three central inverters provided by the company FIMER; two 4500kW units and one 1045kW unit....
ABB Linxon commissions 400/132 kV solar park substation for DEWA
DEWA has commissioned a new 400/132 kV substation named Shams at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, which includes 14 (400 kV) Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS), 28 (132 kV) GIS, 4 (400/132 kV) power transformers with a conversion capacity of 2020...