Industry News

  1. Bentley Systems Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Power Line Systems, Global Leader In Software For Power Transmission Engineering 11/16/2021

    Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Power Line Systems—a leader in software for the design of overhead electric power transmission lines and their structures—from private equity firm TA Associates for approximately $700M.

  2. APS Virtual Power Plant Benefits Customers, Smart Grid & Environment 11/8/2021

    On Arizona’s hottest summer days when energy use is at its highest as air conditioners crank to the max, a network of customers’ smart thermostats, more than 52,000 strong, quietly works as Arizona Public Service Company’s (APS) virtual power plant

  3. Ten West Link Transmission Line Receives California Public Utilities Commission Approval 11/8/2021

    On November 4, 2021, the California Public Utilities Commission ("CPUC") unanimously approved the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the construction and operation of the Ten West Link high-voltage transmission project ("Ten West Link")

  4. LineVision Partners With Northern Ireland Power Utility To Install Its Advanced Sensors On 33kV Overhead Lines 11/4/2021

    Massachusetts-based LineVision, Inc. has partnered with a large power utility in Northern Ireland to install its patented non-contact sensors to monitor 33kV overhead power lines in the region

  5. GE Awarded $3.7M From U.S. Department Of Energy To Accelerate Decarbonization Of U.S. Electrical Grid With Its g3 Gas Technology 10/27/2021

    GE announced today it has been awarded a total of US $3.7M in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for two related projects to help accelerate the decarbonization of the U.S. electrical grid

  6. Enel X And Gogoro Partner To Make The Power Grid In Taiwan Smarter 10/26/2021

    Enel X, the world's leading virtual power plant (VPP) and demand response service provider, and Gogoro®, a global technology leader in battery swapping ecosystems that enable sustainable urban mobility, today announced they will support the integration of more renewable power on electricity grids utilizing Enel X's VPP platform and Gogoro Network's battery swapping platform, beginning in Taiwan

  7. Kwinana Unveiled: NHOA’s Technology For Flagship 200MWh Storage In Australia 10/21/2021

    NHOA (NHOA:PA, formerly Engie EPS) is pleased to announce that Synergy and the Western Australian Government have unveiled a flagship energy storage project to be realised in Kwinana, Western Australia, with NHOA’s battery storage technology

  8. Voith Hydro Upgrades Three Power Units From Belgium’s Largest Pumped Storage Plant Coo-Trois-Ponts Owned By ENGIE Electrabel 10/19/2021

    Voith Hydro has won the order to upgrade the power units from the Coo I section at Belgium’s largest pumped storage power plant, Coo-Trois-Ponts

  9. 1300 MWh! Huawei Wins Contract For The World's Largest Energy Storage Project 10/18/2021

    Huawei Digital Power has concluded its Global Digital Power Summit 2021 in Dubai, UAE, with more than 500 participants from 67 countries attending, on October 16

  10. GE Research And Prolec GE Power Up World’s 1st Large Flexible Transformer To Enhance The Resiliency Of America’s Grid 10/18/2021

    In what represents a major step toward modernizing the foundation of our nation’s grid, GE Research and Prolec GE have teamed with Cooperative Energy to develop and install the world’s 1st flexible large power transformer at the utility’s major substation in Columbia, Mississippi