Overview of events that have a significant impact on the functioning and development of world power systems
SO UPS JSC has prepared a Weekly Review of Events that Have a Significant Impact on the Functioning and Development of World Power Systems (15.07.2022-21.07.2022), based on materials from foreign media, official websites of network / system operators.
Review topics:
- The Committee of the European Parliament voted to increase the share of renewable energy in energy production to 45% by 2030.
- Governments of some EU countries are restarting operation of coal-fired and oil-fired power plants to save natural gas
- In 2021, fossil fuels were predominantly used for electricity generation
- Finland approved the lease of water areas for the construction of offshore wind generation with a total capacity of 1.8 GW
- Danish Ørsted will test the possibility of using a UAV to deliver repair equipment to an offshore wind farm
- Siemens partners with GIS software providers to improve power system development planning
- Spain's Iberdrola officially commissioned its 1.16 GW Tâmega Gigabattery pumped storage complex in Portugal
- The US Department of the Interior has issued a permit to build a new 3.2 GW link between the states of Arizona and California
- Finnish Wärtsilä to supply 500 MW EESS with 2 GWh of capcity for five solar power complexes in the USA
- The Governor of the US state of Rhode Island signed a decree on procurement procedures for the construction of up to 1 GW of offshore wind generation
- In the New York agglomeration, it is planned to build a renewable energy center on the site of a former coal-fired thermal power plant
- American PJM Interconnection proposed to change the procedure for considering applications for technological connection
- The US state of Texas has updated the historical maximum power consumption for the third time this month
- In the US state of New York, a 345 kV Empire State transmission line was put into operation
- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority launches automatic intelligent power grid restoration system
- Japan plans to restart operation of nine nuclear reactors and commission a coal-fired power plant with a capacity of 1 GW
- The development of offshore wind and photovoltaic solar generation will be a key factor in achieving carbon neutrality in South Korea
- A large-scale energy storage system up to 1.45 GW and up to 2.9 GWh will be built near the Australian coal-fired thermal power plant.