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SSEN selects preferred bidders for £10bn power network upgrade

SSEN Transmission has chosen preferred bidders to deliver critical elements for its £10bn ($12.6bn) Pathway to 2030 network investment plans.

read more... 09/08/2023

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UK must build power lines faster, urges government’s first energy networks commissioner

The UK has the opportunity to accelerate the construction of new power lines, effectively tackling the long-standing backlog of renewable energy projects waiting to connect to the electricity grid.

read more... 07/08/2023

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Baltic states seek to decouple grid from Russia

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are seeking to disconnect from an energy grid network shared with Russia and Belarus by early 2025. Vilnius is pushing from an earlier exit from the grid, which Tallin opposes.

read more... 04/08/2023

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The 11,200 km plan for Germany’s new ‘hydrogen highways’

A group of gas grid operators presented plans on Thursday (13 July) to complete the construction of Germany’s main hydrogen transport network by 2032, although the government has shown little interest in funding it.

read more... 14/07/2023

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UK's National Grid and SSEN in JV for 2 GW electricity transmission project

Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN) said on Tuesday it had signed a joint venture agreement with Britain's National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) to build a 2 gigawatt (GW) subsea cable linking northern Scotland to England.

read more... 06/07/2023

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