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The city of Yanan, a major wind power base in northwest China’s Shaanxi province, has introduced a lottery system to approve the construction of wind-based generation systems during 2018. The lottery system is a local government’s measure to restrict the construction of new wind-based capacities due to grid constraints. The city was given permission to build 900 MW of wind capacity during...

Hengtong High Voltage Submarine Cable Co. Ltd. (known as Hengtong High Voltage), a sub company of HENGTONG OPTIC-ELECTRIC, a leading manufacturer of optical fiber cable and integrated service provider for power-line communications in China, has produced the world’s longest length of 500kV AC XLPE submarine power cable without factory joints. With such a technical breakthrough, Hengtong...

AFL, a manufacturer of fiber optic cable and accessories, is expanding its rapid deployment ground tactical fiber optics solution to include the new Sidewinder Rapid Cable Deployment System. This system eases the deployment of tactical fiber optic cables by greatly reducing handling and set up time for portable deployment and retrieval in field conditions. “The highly transportable reel system...

Enel is renewing its commitment to the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, becoming the Official Smart Charging Partner and Official Power Partner for the next five seasons of the electric street racing series. The announcement was made today by Francesco Venturini, Head of Enel X, the Enel division dedicated to innovative products and digital solutions, and by Alejandro Agag, Founder & CEO of Formula E, at a press conference held at the media centre for the CBMM Niobium Rome E-Prix presented by Mercedes EQ.

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has withdrawn from a 2016 agreement to partner in the development of Plains & Eastern Clean Energy (PECL) Project proposed by Clean Line Energy (CLE), owing to the substantial opposition being faced by the project from landowners in Arkansas. Further, the project had also failed to secure a contract from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to buy the wind energy it would transmit. TVA stated that since its commercial customers are more interested in solar power generated locally, it does not see a need for wind energy from the project.

April 24-27, 2018 in Moscow, we invite you to participate in the International Exhibition for Information and Communications Technology SVIAZ.

Italian electricity transmission system operator Terna has said it plans to complete the laying of the power transmission cable linking Montenegro to Italy by the end of 2019.

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded — as lead contractor in the Temporary Association of Companies (RTI) involving CEBAT S.r.l. and Elettrovit S.r.l., which will carry out the civil engineering installation works — a framework contract for the supply, installation and emergency repairs on 220 kV cables with the Italian transmission system operator Terna, through its subsidiary Terna Rete Italia, to upgrade the national power grid.

A Hickory-area fiber-optic cable plant is combining on paper a couple of recent expansions to add 100 jobs and spend almost $75 million on its huge facility in Catawba County.