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Siemens launches local power trading platform with German utility
Using blockchain technology to link participants via an app, it allows producers to earn money from marketing their excess production, the firms said, while distributing power locally represents a more efficient use of the grid
read more... 23/10/2020
Denmark, Germany open 400 MW power cable linking Baltic Sea wind farms
Germany and Denmark have officially opened the world's first hybrid wind interconnector in the Baltic Sea, grid operators 50Hertz and Energinet.dk said Oct. 20
read more... 21/10/2020
First testing on new German gas pipeline Zeelink set for November
Testing on the Zeelink gas pipeline designed to connect consumers in northwestern Germany directly to the Zeebrugge LNG terminal via the Belgian grid is likely to take place in November, a spokesman for project partner Open Grid Europe said Oct. 6.
read more... 08/10/2020
Shetland link supplier announced
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has won the order from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission, part of the UK energy major SSE plc, to enable Europe’s first multi-terminal high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) interconnection.
read more... 05/08/2020
Ofgem cuts cost of Hinkley Point C grid link by £60 million
The move will save UK consumers money on their bills over the 45-year cost period.
read more... 25/05/2020