Electrical Engineering
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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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ČEZ is increasing nuclear modernisation spending across its Czech fleet. Annual investment is expected to reach CZK10–12 billion as Dukovany prepares for possible 80-year operation and Temelín continues control-system and fuel-cycle upgrades.
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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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East Anglia THREE has completed installation of 95 offshore foundations. Turbine erection is already beyond halfway as the 1.4GW project targets full operation by year-end.
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Stillstrom has demonstrated automated offshore charging cable control in Denmark. The DNV-witnessed trial managed a 125-metre cable while a vessel operated on dynamic positioning.
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Romanian investors have commissioned a 100MWh battery project at Glodeni. The more-than-€25 million installation is the second storage asset delivered with Sieyuan Electric under an expanding national programme.
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Electromontaj has completed Romania’s first two transmission-level STATCOM installations early. The ±150MVAr systems at Sibiu Sud and Bradu add dynamic voltage control as renewable penetration increases.
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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.