Industry News

  1. Substation Expansion To Enhance Electric Service Reliability In Northwest Ohio 10/7/2024

    Work is underway by a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) to expand and upgrade a high-voltage substation in Sylvania Township, Lucas County. The project will include installing new automated equipment and technology to enhance electric service reliability for more than 20,000 Toledo Edison customers in northwestern Ohio.

  2. RWE Starts Construction Of Battery Storage Projects With A Combined Capacity Of 450 MW In The U.S. 10/2/2024

    RWE, a leading renewable energy company, continues to grow its green energy portfolio in the U.S. at a record pace. The company broke ground on three battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Texas, bringing RWE’s total battery storage projects under construction to 931 megawatts across California, Texas and Arizona.

  3. National Grid Renewables Signs Power Purchase Agreement With Microsoft 10/1/2024

    National Grid Renewables is pleased to announce the execution of a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Microsoft for its Portage Solar Project, a 250-megawatt (MW) development located in Portage County, Wisconsin.

  4. Canadian Solar's e-STORAGE To Deliver Energy Storage Solutions To The Huatacondo Project In Chile 10/1/2024

    Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company" or "Canadian Solar") today announced that e-STORAGE, which is part of the Company's majority-owned subsidiary CSI Solar Co., Ltd. ("CSI Solar) has secured a turnkey EPC contract to supply a 98 MW/312 MWh DC Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to the Huatacondo project in Chile.

  5. GE Vernova Signs Agreement To Supply 51.3 MW Of Wind Power To Powerica Limited In Gujarat, India 9/27/2024

    Powerica Limited, a prominent player in both the Independent Power Producer (IPP) and Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) segments of the wind industry with a pan-India wind energy portfolio of 280 MW, has selected to install 19 GE Vernova 2.7 MW -132 wind turbine generators (WTGs) at its 51.3 MW project at Devbhumi Dwarka, Gujarat (“Project”).

  6. Peterhead Groundbreaking Marks Start Of Construction On The UK's Biggest Ever Electricity Transmission Project 9/26/2024

    A milestone in the step towards decarbonising national energy infrastructure, representatives from SSEN Transmission and National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), who will deliver the project as a joint venture, took the first ceremonial spadefuls of earth marking the start of main construction, at events held in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire and Drax in North Yorkshire.

  7. Nexans Awarded Contract For First Transmission Link From Orkney Islands In Scotland 9/16/2024

    Nexans, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of cabling systems and services, has signed the contract for the Orkney Link by SSEN Transmission following the capacity reservation agreement signed in November 2023. 

  8. Scatec Signs PPA For 1 GW Solar And 100 MW/200 MWh Battery Storage Project In Egypt 9/12/2024

    Scatec ASA has signed a USD denominated 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) for a 1 GW solar and 100 MW/200 MWh battery storage hybrid project in Egypt, the first of its kind in the country.

  9. FranklinWH And AC Solar Warehouse Forge Strategic Alliance To Propel Solar And Energy Storage Solutions In Australia And New Zealand 9/2/2024

    FranklinWH Australia Pty Ltd. (FranklinWH), a pioneer in advanced home energy management, has entered into a strategic partnership with AC Solar Warehouse, a leading distributor of solar and energy storage solutions acrossAustraliaandNew Zealand.

  10. VoltServer Announces Strategic Partnership With Capital Electric Wire And Cable Company 8/29/2024

    VoltServer, the pioneering leader in fault managed power solutions, is excited to announce its strategic partnership with Capital Electric Wire and Cable Company, a distributor for many of the world's leading manufacturers.