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Major Federal Backing Advances Alaska Transmission Expansion

Major Federal Backing Advances Alaska Transmission Expansion

🔌 Southcentral and Interior Alaska, United States. Alaska is planning another high-voltage connection between Southcentral and Interior Alaska. The U.S. Department of Energy has committed support for the $418 million Beluga–Healy transmission project. The planned line is 359 kilometers, or…

Texas Unveils $22 Billion Power Campus Integrating Generation and Data Center Demand

Texas Unveils $22 Billion Power Campus Integrating Generation and Data Center Demand

🏭 Encinal, Texas, United States. The plans include a 6.47 GW gas-fired power plant alongside a 5 GW data center, with surplus generation intended for the wider Texas grid. These are planned capacities, rather than a statement that the facilities…

Upcoming Webinar to Examine Variable Shunt Reactors and Their Impact on Grid Voltage Stability

Upcoming Webinar to Examine Variable Shunt Reactors and Their Impact on Grid Voltage Stability

📅 Online learning; the supplied announcement does not identify a host country. Reinhausen is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, October 27, at 2 pm CET, covering the basics of Variable Shunt Reactors, or VSRs. A shunt reactor absorbs reactive power.…

National Grid Invests $6.5 Million in Live-Line Maintenance Innovation

National Grid Invests $6.5 Million in Live-Line Maintenance Innovation

⚡ United Kingdom. National Grid Electricity Transmission in the United Kingdom has secured approximately $6.5 million (£4.95 million) for DELLTA, a three-year project developing methods, equipment, procedures and training for live-line transmission maintenance. The main focus is replacing overhead-line insulators…

National Grid Initiative Aims to Accelerate Industrial Grid Connections in New South Wales

National Grid Initiative Aims to Accelerate Industrial Grid Connections in New South Wales

🔋 New South Wales, Australia. Getting an industrial site connected to the grid can be a major part of an electrification project. A programme in New South Wales is exploring whether battery storage and flexible connection approaches can help industrial…

Industry Navigator 2026 Kicks Off in Vienna, Spotlighting Key T&D Sector Trends

Industry Navigator 2026 Kicks Off in Vienna, Spotlighting Key T&D Sector Trends

🤝 Vienna, Austria. Industry Navigator 2026 in Vienna is bringing professionals together for three days of discussion about supply chains, sector growth and the challenges facing power delivery. Transmission moves electricity across the wider network, while distribution brings it closer…