Spotlight

Detailed look at a specific topic or area of interest

• Transmission Developments in 2009: A report on major events across the globe

  January 1, 2010
  2009 has been a challenging year for the electricity industry. On the one hand, the economic downturn and the resulting decline in electricity consumption...

• Undersea Cables Market: A great opportunity for manufacturers

  December 1, 2009
  The power sector around the globe is witnessing an increasing demand for undersea cables. The trend, which has so far been commonplace in Northern and Western Europe...

• Critical Infrastructure Protection: To secure the bulk power system

  November 1, 2009
  Power utilities in the US are facing increasing regulatory requirements in order to protect the bulk electric system. Recent news about cyberspies penetrating...

• Grid-connected Storage: For an intelligent, reliable and secure power network

  October 1, 2009
  In their bid to go green, electricity grid operators around the world are continuously faced with the challenge of ensuring a reliable and secure supply of electricity.

• ASEAN Power Grid: Common energy network key to economic integration

  September 1, 2009
  Southeast Asia, with its economic and political diversity, defies any easy characterisation. However, over the past decade, there has been a growing awareness of interdependence...

• Gas Insulated Substation Technology: Its relevance and growing importance

  August 1, 2009
  The increasing demand for electricity and growing concerns of safety and security of supply have made electricity utilities look for new technology solutions.

• Power Alliance: BIP and BEMIP to bring energy sufficiency to Baltic states

  July 1, 2009
  The year has seen a renewed focus on integrating the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, geographically and economically, with the rest of Europe.

• Ancillary Services: Assuming a key role in developing electricity markets

  June 1, 2009
  The concept of ancillary services is not new to the electricity industry. The services have always been essential for reliable and secure operation of a bulk electric power system.

• North Sea Grid: Initial steps towards tapping the vast offshore wind energy

  May 1, 2009
  Offshore wind energy generation has been in the spotlight in northern Europe over the past couple of years. The technology is mainly being driven by the promise it holds in...

• Emerging Power Hub: Central Asia to play key role in Eurasian energy integration

  April 1, 2009
  Surrounded by the rapidly growing economies of China, India and Russia, Central Asia offers a potential core for energy integration of the Eurasian super-continent.

• MedRing: Building an interconnected system across three continents [free access]

  March 2, 2009
  The Mediterranean region is assuming increasing importance in the energy strategy of the three continents it encircles. It is crossed by key energy routes from non-European...

• Clean Energy Option: The US focuses on wind-related transmission systems

  February 1, 2009
  A change is underway in the US electricity sector. The 2008 presidential election saw renewable energy getting more attention than any previous campaign.

• Transmission Developments in 2008: A look at the major events across the globe

  January 1, 2009
  The electricity utility industry across the globe has undergone a profound transformation over the last several years to bring in competitive power markets.

• Developing a regional market through interconnectors in SEE [free access]

  December 1, 2008
  Over the last few years, south-eastern European (SEE) countries have taken important steps towards upgrading their role in the European energy charter.

• Realising Europe’s wind energy ambitions: Grid interconnection remains a challenge

  November 1, 2008
  After years of playing second fiddle to conventional power generation, Europe's renewable energy sector is now coming into its own.

• Benefits of a Regional Electricity Market: The SAPP experience

  October 1, 2008
  Cooperation in the electricity sector is not a new phenomenon in Africa.Interconnections and electricity exchange between neighbouring countries have existed in the continent.