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Mirosław Czekaj, President of BGK (left), and Grzegorz Kinelski, President of Enea (right), shake on the loan agreement.

Enea secures PLN 9.13 billion to modernise grid

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Enea Group has signed a PLN 9.13 billion loan agreement with Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego to modernise its electricity distribution network. Funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the project focuses on deploying cutting-edge grid technologies.

RWE's new solar park in Saxony – a stable grid even at high PV penetration.

Fact check: No increased blackout risk when sun is out

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German media including Die Welt recently warned of grid overloads during spring and summer holidays when high solar power supply meets low demand for electricity. The German Federal Network Agency, industry association BSW-Solar and scientists offer reassurances and warn against scaremongering.

Solar Flex Croatia 2025 will take place March 12 in Zagreb.

Registrations open for Solar Flex Croatia 2025 and RE-Source Croatia 2025

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In March, Zagreb will become the hub of the most important regional discussions about the future of energy, with the conferences Solar Flex Croatia 2025 and RE-Source Croatia 2025.

Representatives of the Latvian transmission system operator AST and Rolls-Royce on the site of the future battery power plant in Latvia..

Baltics join the European grid — tailwind for energy transition

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On Saturday (February 8) the Baltic states officially left the Russian-led integrated power system, joined during the Soviet rule under the BRELL agreement, to synchronise with the European power grid (UCTE). Eurelectric applauds this also as an important step towards implementing the energy transition in Europe.

 In a new study Grids for Speed, Eurelectric warns that the European energy transition is at risk, if there is no massive investment in grids, digitalisation and flexibilisation.
Eurelectric

Double investments in power distribution or lose race to net-zero

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Europe’s distribution grids need to be urgently modernised to enable massive electrification of transport, heating and industry, integrate renewables and withstand more frequent extreme weather and cyber threats, Eurelectric demands.

The Heudorf solar park in Meßkirch in the district of Sigmaringen generates 7.4 megawatts. The electricity will flow into the Deutsche Bahn grid.
Railways

MVV Energie supplies solar power for Deutsche Bahn

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For four years, MVV will supply 40 gigawatt hours of solar power from solar parks built by Juwi. The three plants are located in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.

DC technology

EZA controller that ensures grid stability

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The Energielenker Group from Münster presents an EZA controller certified in accordance with the current VDE-AR-N 4110 and -4120 guidelines. This guarantees a stable grid.

The inverter developed by Fraunhofer ISE enables photovoltaics to make the leap from low to medium voltage.
New inverter technology

Fraunhofer ISE presents string inverter for medium voltage

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Fraunhofer ISE says that it has developed the world's first string inverter for large power plants that feeds into the medium voltage. For photovoltaics, this would mean enormous cost and resource savings for passive components and cables.

The storage unit in Scotland will be equipped with self-learning energy management.
Scotland

Wärtsilä to supply large-scale storage to support the Scottish transmission grid

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The new storage unit is the first of its kind in the UK. It will allow more renewable electricity on the transmission grid without reducing stability. The facility is also equipped with artificial intelligence.

The charging infrastructure rollout must keep up the EV market growth.
Charging infrastructure:

Europe‘s electricity grid can support over 100 million EVs

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Despite exponential growth of the EV market and high electrification ambitions, the electricity grid will remain stable, reveals new study by EY and Eurelectric. However, it will take planning and coordination.

Commercial storage:

A flexible large-scale lithium-iron-phosphate storage unit

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Trina Storage, the storage division of the module manufacturer, introduces the Elementa. A modular lithium iron phosphate storage unit with a plug-in concept that allows operators to easily and flexibly connect multiple units together.

Solar parks:

Energizing 500-megawatt solar plant in Oman

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Inaccess has provided the Power Plant Controller and SCADA for a 500-megawatt AC plant project in the sultanate of Oman.

Data processing:

Smart monitoring platform for energy data processing

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The BentoNet platform can be used to collect and process data from the power grid, while ensuring smart monitoring and control of decentralized energy flows.

A 250-kVA inverter stack with 3.3-kV-SiC-transistors developed at Fraunhofer ISE
Medium-voltage grid:

Fraunhofer ISE develops highly compact inverter for medium-voltage grids

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As the energy transition progresses, the expansion of the electricity grids is becoming increasingly important. More and more renewable generation plants as well as electrical storage systems are being connected to the grid.