Italy’s power grid operator Terna SpA plans to invest more than $25 billion (23 billion euros) over the next ten years to facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources and boost the transport capacity of the grid, the company said on Friday in its 2025-2034 development plan. The investments represent …
Read More »UK Power Grid Requires $60 Billion Investment by 2050
The UK could need up to $63 billion of investment in the power distribution network nationally to support additional demand and generation through 2050, double the current pace of additional investment, said the National Infrastructure Commission, the government’s independent infrastructure advisor. The UK will likely need investments of between $47 …
Read More »Germany’s Power Prices Dip as Natural Gas Falls amid Ukraine Talks
Germany’s year-ahead power futures prices fell this week to the lowest level since the beginning of the year amid falling European natural gas prices as talks on a peace deal in Ukraine began. In recent months, Germany has become more dependent on fossil fuel-powered generation amid low wind speeds that …
Read More »U.S. Grid Investments Jump as AI Leads Power Demand Surge
A number of grid operators and utilities in the United States are planning billions of U.S. dollars worth of investments in power transmission lines and networks as American electricity demand rises after two decades of stagnation. The advancements in AI and the surge in electricity demand for powering and cooling …
Read More »UK Electricity Prices Jump to Two-Year High as Wind Power Plunges
Low wind speeds have pushed the UK’s power prices to their highest level in two years on Tuesday, with wind generation expected to plunge to the lowest level on Wednesday since September 2023, Bloomberg models show. The day-ahead power price in the UK hit $296.28 (£241.49) per megawatt-hour (MWh) on …
Read More »Wind Overtakes Gas as Largest Single Source of UK Electricity in 2024
The latest statistics from the National Energy System Operator (NESO) have revealed that wind power has overtaken gas as the largest single source of electricity for the first time. In 2024, wind turbines supplied 30% of the UK’s electricity despite a year of unusually low wind speeds. December, the windiest …
Read More »Syria to Receive Electricity-Generating Ships from Qatar and Turkey
Syria will receive two electricity-generating ships from Turkey and Qatar to boost energy supplies hit by damage to infrastructure during President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, state news agency SANA quoted an official as saying on Tuesday. Khaled Abu Dai, director general of the General Establishment for Electricity Transmission and Distribution, told …
Read More »Turkey Says It’s Ready to Supply Electricity to Syria and Lebanon
Turkey is working to resolve the energy supply issues in Syria and is ready to provide electricity to the country, where Ankara supported the rebels who toppled Bashar al-Assad earlier this month, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Monday. “The vast majority of people meet their electricity needs with …
Read More »High Electricity Taxes are Crippling European Industry
European countries need to work out ways to lower taxes on electricity to revive the competiveness of Europe’s energy-intensive industries, Leonhard Birnbaum, president of electricity lobby Eurelectric, told Reuters in an interview published on Monday. Power prices in the EU are up to three times higher than in the United …
Read More »Germany’s Power Prices Rise as Market Tightens
Germany’s power margin, the available electricity supply to meet demand, is set to drop this week to the lowest level so far this winter, as low wind speeds and colder weather are straining the power system, according to models compiled by Bloomberg. This week, wind speeds in Germany have dipped …
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