Review of SO UPS JSC events that have a significant impact on the functioning and development of global energy systems based on materials from foreign media, official websites of network/system operators

SO UPS JSC has prepared a weekly review of events that have a significant impact on the functioning and development of global energy systems (12/01/2023-12/07/2023), based on materials from foreign media and official websites of network/system operators.

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Review Topics:

- The European Commission presented a plan to expand critical network infrastructure

- Permission received for the construction of the onshore part of the Hansa PowerBridge undersea HVDC connection between Germany and Sweden

- German EnBW plans to build two gas CHP plants with a capacity of 680 MW each

- Greece plans to build 4.9 GW of floating wind generation by 2032

- The Al Henakiyah solar power plant with a capacity of 1.1 GW will be built in Saudi Arabia

- The 1.8 GW Hamriyah steam power plant was put into operation in the UAE

- The US Department of Energy will allocate $42 million to improve the reliability, resiliency and availability of the country’s power system

- A publicly accessible interactive map of solar generation facilities with a capacity of over 1 MW has been created in the USA

- American ISO-NE asked FERC to postpone the next auction to select power suppliers for 2028-2029

- American ISO-NE ensured reliable operation of the power system in the past summer in conditions of high temperatures and forest fires

- The system operator of the New England states has published another plan for the development of the power system

- American MISO published a report analyzing three scenarios for the development of the power system

- American MISO approved Ameren Transmission's application to build a high-voltage overhead line between Iowa and Missouri

- The American BOEM issued permission for the construction of offshore wind farms in the states of New York and Virginia with a total capacity of more than 4.6 GW

- The government of the Australian state of Queensland will allocate $1.3 billion for the implementation of a project to develop electrical infrastructure in the state

- The government of the Australian state of Western Australia abandoned the construction of pumped storage power plants to replace the capacity of coal thermal power plants