Smart Grid Power Transmission & Distribution

Power transmission and distribution infrastructure connects countries, power plants, urban area and rural areas to electrical power.  Smart grid infrastructure requires demand response, grid interconnects, energy management systems and energy storage.

Smart Grid Transmission & Distribution News

Zambia to get $100m transmission line upgrade

21/05/2012

The European Investment Bank is to provide $30m towards the upgrade of a 341 km transmission line in Zambia.

Japanese and US collaborate on Smart Grid project

21/05/2012 Several Japanese companies are involved in the launch of a demonstration study for the Albuquerque, Business District Smart Gri...

ABB wins $33m order as India continues to improve grid

21/05/2012 Swedish-Swiss group, ABB, has won an order worth around $33m from NTPC Limited, India’s largest power company, to build two sub...

Smart meters can benefit UK to the tune of $11bn says Hendry

16/05/2012 The UK’s Energy Minister Charles Hendry says rolling out its smart meters will benefit the country to the tune of £7bn ($11.1bn)

Denmark joins global Smart Grid group

16/05/2012

Denmark has joined the Global Smart Grid Federation, an international group of technology associations.

Google backed wind project takes forward step in US

15/05/2012 A $5bn transmission line which is intended to send power from wind farms off the East Coast of the US has overcome a legislativ...

Smart Grid taking off in Asia

14/05/2012 Asia is beginning to look like a powerhouse of Smart Grid technology with a new report predicting the market will be worth $19b...

Consumer backlash halts Smart Grid progress

11/05/2012 The rising wave of opposition to the adoption of Smart Grid technology is having an adverse effect on the development in the in...

Elster wins smart meter contract in Rio

10/05/2012

Elster has been contracted to supply 80000 smart meters to households in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by local utility Light.

Nexans receives certification for Dow Endurance cables

10/05/2012 Dow Inside alliance partners, Dow Electrical & Telecommunications (Dow E&T), and Nexans’ Energy Cable division in North...

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