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NGCP to prioritize completion of 2 Visayas power projects

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued a show-cause order against the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to explain why it has not completed 37 transmission projects on time. “NGCP has filed several applications for the approval of its capital expenditure (capex) projects for the purpose of expanding and…

The local construction sector has faced a number of challenges in recent years, led by a lack of infrastructure spending post the World Cup boom, the Covid-19 pandemic, a sharp economic downturn and ongoing energy woes, which has led to the significant shrinking of the sector. Yet, as highlight...

Eskom’s Transmission Division, which will form part of the separated National Transmission Company South Africa once established later this year, will begin relying more heavily on the engineer, procure and construct (EPC) contracting model as it seeks to accelerate the pace at which transmission infrastructure is built in a context where the lack of grid has become a key impediment to the injection of new generation capacity. In an address to suppliers, MD Segomoco Scheppers reported that...

Tasmania to descend further into the red post-2023.

Tasmania to descend further into the red post-2023.

If another failed bid window in the country’s renewable energy procurement programme is to be avoided, and the much-needed 4 GW of renewable energy capacity that needs to be added to the grid each year until 2030 is to eventuate, the employment of multiple solutions and improved energy mechanisms to optimise existing transmission infrastructure capacity is required, states the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA). The industry body says interim short-term solutions ...

Climate commission presents its recommendations to Ramaphosa, highlighting that it is vital to decommission crumbling plants as soon as the power crunch eases

National Grid: 2023 New York Electrification Summit

A major power transmission project will proceed in New Mexico after a regulatory group approved a public-private partnership for development of a 400-mile