International News
Siemens and Fluence support Madeira’s grid resilience
Siemens Smart Infrastructure, in partnership with Fluence, is working to help the Portuguese island of Madeira gain greater energy independence and grid resilience using renewable energy.
Supplied by Siemens, world’s first F-gas-free circuit-breaker panel goes into operation
- Nov 10, 2021
In cooperation with Siemens Smart Infrastructure, E.ON subsidiary Westnetz, one of Germany’s largest distribution grid operators, has expanded its Bekond substation in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate with a fluorine gas-free NXPLUS C 24 circuit-breaker panel. It is the first panel of its type in the world to go into operation using Clean Air, the climate-neutral insulation gas.
DNV provides technical due diligence for Australian bus electrification project
- Oct 26, 2021
DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, is participating in one of Australia’s leading end-to-end bus depot electrification projects.
Hitachi ABB Power Grids consortium to build Middle East-North Africa interconnection
- Oct 20, 2021
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.