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Jupiter Hydro gets permits for 2 tidal installations in Canadian waters

Jupiter Hydro Inc has earned two marine renewable energy permits that allow it to deploy several tidal power generators in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. The first permit enables the installation and testing of a 1-MW prototype not hooked to...

Ontario Power Generation agrees to buy Cube Hydro for 1.2bn

Government-owned electricity generator Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has agreed to acquire US-based hydropower company Cube Hydro for an enterprise value of $1.2bn. The transaction will be carried out through OPG’s US hydroelectric platform. It is being acquired from I Squared...

Cummins-Powered Generator Sets Critical to Efforts to Add More Renewable Energy to the UK Grid

Policymakers in the UK have prioritized decarbonization and higher penetration of renewable energy sources as important energy goals. With 66 million people and a GDP of 2.62 trillion dollars, the United Kingdom is the fifth largest economy in the...

ABB expands e Bus charging portfolio with automated pantograph

Completing its comprehensive range of charging solutions for sustainable public transport, a flexible and automated pantograph has been launched to enable efficient operations for e-Bus fleets. With the global electric bus (e-Bus) market predicted to record a compound annual growth...

ABB wins large power transmission order from China’s State Grid

ABB has won a large order to supply converter transformers and high-voltage equipment for an 800 kilovolt (kV), ultrahigh-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission link, owned by the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), in China’s Shaanxi and Hubei provinces,...

World first Siemens Gamesa begins operation of its innovative electrothermal energy storage system

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has begun operation of its electric thermal energy storage system (ETES). During the opening ceremony, Energy State Secretary Andreas Feicht, Hamburg's First Mayor Peter Tschentscher, Siemens Gamesa CEO Markus Tacke and project partners Hamburg...

GE Upgrades Hydro Quebecs Montagnais Substation to Meet Growing Transmission Needs

GE's Grid Solutions business was awarded a contract to perform key upgrades on Hydro Quebec's Montagnais substation's protection and control systems. At the end of 2018, GE successfully completed upgrades to three 765 kV Fixed Series Compensation (FSC) banks at...

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