Distribution
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Hitachi Energy is investing $300 million in Chinese grid manufacturing. The Hefei programme adds power transformer production, ultra-high-voltage bushing capacity, and a digital tap-changer line within the company’s wider $9bn expansion plan.
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Elexon is consulting on Haw Lane’s new Grid Supply Point. The proposed HALS-1 registration would place the Saunderton connection in UK Power Networks’ Eastern Power Networks GSP Group, with responses due by 28 August.
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India will let delayed renewable projects pay to retain connectivity. Developers gain limited extensions for land, finance, and commissioning milestones before transmission rights can be withdrawn.
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China is estimated to have curtailed 360TWh of renewable generation. The gap between generation growth and networks is widening across several major Asian power systems.
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Quinbrook has advanced Supernode through two major battery storage milestones. Stage 2 is commercially operational, while Stage 3 has secured A$469m of debt financing.
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Siemens Energy has installed its first lightweight offshore substation design. The HV-TSU concept integrates high-voltage components into a more compact topside at Yuetuo Island.
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NSW proposes electricity reforms for a 28GW data-centre connection pipeline. The measures would change connection planning, network cost recovery, and demand obligations as proposed loads exceed existing system assumptions.
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Energa has extended bidding for its Świercze 110/15kV substation works. The package covers transformers, switchgear, telecontrol, civil infrastructure, and renewable-integration equipment.
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Hidrocantábrico is tendering a 132kV underground connection for Asipo substation. The Llanera project will connect the planned high-voltage site through buried cable infrastructure.
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Romania’s grid operator is reinforcing two 110kV lines for renewables. The works target network capacity upstream of generation connection points in Dobrogea, where additional renewable output is increasing demands on established infrastructure.