Transmisson Articles

GENI has collected the following technical articles on electricity transmission, listed here in reverse chronological order:

• ASEAN Power Chiefs To Follow Up Power
  Grid Plan, May 23, 2013
• ABB Hails ‘Supergrids’ Breakthrough, November 7, 2012
• China Building Power Transmission Line Of World’s Highest Capacity, May 13, 2012
• China Can Transmit Ultra-high Voltage Electricity to Europe, May 10, 2012
• Vietnam Signs Agreement to Purchase Electricity from Laos, Nov 2, 2010
• NERC Chair: Integrating Renewable Resources a ‘Priority', Mar 3, 2009
  
• Connecting global power sources could beat climate change, Mar 2, 2009
  
• Nation's leaders urge action on better electricity grid, Feb 23, 2009
  
• Europe Backs Supergrids, Dec 02, 2008
  
• South Africa - New Sub-Station to Provide More Electricity, Mar 28, 2008
  
  
• East Africa: Regional Power Pool Starts in 2011, Aug 22, 2007
  
  
• Ecuador president declares power emergency, Aug 8, 2007
  
  
• Sudan, Ethiopia seek to boost energy cooperation, Aug 6, 2007
  
  
• New transmission lines: Worth the high cost? Aug 6, 2007
  
  
• UHV: New Technology Promises to Help Deliver Future Energy Demands, Aug 3, 2007l
  
  
• Electric interconnections of eastern African countries well underway, Aug 1, 2007
  
  
• China switches on first cross-border power grid from Russia, July 25, 2007
  
  
• PG&E Signs Agreement With Solel for 553 Megawatts of Solar Power, Jul 25, 2007
  
  
• KEPCO signs power line consulting contract with African electricity body, Jul 24, 2007
  
  
• Blackout hits all of Albania because of defective transmission line, Jul 24, 2007
  
  
• Turkey, Greece to Cooperate in Electrical Energy, Natural Gas Pipeline, July 19, 2007
  
  
• World Bank Approves Mozambique, Malawi Electricity Loans, July 19, 2007
  
  
• EU inquiry deadline for UK National Grid, July 17, 2007
  
  
• Macedonia, Greece Connect Power Supply Systems With New Power Line, July 16, 2007
  
  
• SGCC opens power exchange, July 13, 2007
  
  
• Uganda: Regional Power Connection to Cost $1b, July 12, 2007
  
  
• Zambian, Kenyan power to feed national grid, July 14, 2007
  
  
• China's Yunnan sends 2 bln kwh of electricity to Vietnam, July 11, 2007
  
  
• Iran, Iraq to build first joint power plant in Baghdad, July 8, 2007
  
  
• East African power utilities agree on sharing project, July 9, 2007
  
  
• Turkmenistan to supply Afghanistan with free electricity, July 06, 2007
  
  
• New battery packs powerful punch, July 5, 2007
  
  
• Myanmar, South Korea to cooperate in developing electric power network, July 4, 2007
  
  
• Afghanistan Signs Contract for Electricity Supplies From Central Asia, Jul 03, 2007
  
  
• ADB lends Cambodia 8 million USD for power line, Jul 03, 2007
  
  
• Jordan Provides Syria with Electricity, July, 2007
  
  
• Uzbekistan prepared to increase electricity supply to Afghanistan, June 29, 2007
  
  
• Russian Power Grid Working on Idea of Siberia-Europe Transmission Line, June 27, 2007
  
  
• 210,000 New Electricity Connections By 2009, Jun 25, 2007
  
  
• 'Saudi Arabia of Renewable Energy' Off Scotland's Coast, June 23, 2007
  
  
• South Korea to begin inter-Korean power transmissions, Jun 21, 2007
  
  
• PG&E Teams With Google to Demonstrate Vehicle-To-Grid Technology, June 19, 2007
  
  
• Uproar in Norway over power lines, Jun 19, 2007
  
  
• China to help finance Senegal's power project, June 13, 2007
  
  
• Mozambique: Sweden to Finance Power Line in Niassa, June 13, 2007
  
  
• PacifiCorp investing $4 billion in transmission lines, May 30, 2007
  
  
• Reducing greenhouse gases would help economy, U-M study says, May 23, 2007
  
  
• China's State Grid starts building Sichuan-Shanghai transmission network, May 23, 2007
  
  
• Russia drops plan to build undersea electric cable to Finland, May 23, 2007
  
  
• Kyrgyzstan: Central Asia power grids discuss cooperation plans, May 22, 2007
  
  
• ABB Receives $350 Million Cable Order To Connect UK, Dutch Grids, May 22, 2007
  
  
• Siemens Gets EUR160 Million Deal For UK-Dutch Power Cable, May 22, 2007
  
  
• Tax credits, transmission lines considered key for wind farms, May 14, 2007
  
  
• China completes new power line to Vietnam, May 13, 2007
  
  
• National Grid Invests More Than $600 Million in Electric System Enhancements, May 9, 2007
  
  
• Feds offer new hearings on power line expansions, May 9, 2007
  
  
• NSTAR Energizes Major Underground Transmission Line, Boston, May 03, 2007
  
  
• President Obasanjo Commissions Kano-Dutse Transmission Lines, Apr 27, 2007
  
  
• China to Export 2.5bn Kwh of Electricity to Vietnam in 2007, Apr 29, 2007
  
  
• Tunnel dream: Undersea project would link Alaska, Russia, April 24, 2007
  
  
• Russia Plans World's Longest Tunnel, a Link to Alaska, April 18, 2007
  
  
• Senate OKs Renewable Energy Power Line Bill Apr 13, 2007
  
  
• Iran to export 1,000 megawatts of electricity to Pakistan - minister, April 6, 2007
  
  
• Canadian government gives first permit to cross-border power line, April 6, 2007
  
  
• Zambia embarks on plan on electricity coverage expansion, Mar 28, 2007 - Xinhua
  
  
• California regulator approves transmission projects for wind power, Mar 28, 2007
  
  
• Electric Shock in Russia, Mar 23, 2007
  
  
• Russia, North Korea Discussing Energy Exports Mar 23, 2007
  
  
• Fixing the grid, March 22, 2007 Fortune
  
  
• Stakeholders convene to discuss Wyoming-West TOT-3 Transmission Projects, Mar 21, 2007
  
  
• Project to Build Power Lines for Electricity Exports to China Valued at $6 Bln, Mar 20, 2007
  
  
• Tajiks, Afghan, Iran agree on feasibility study of joint power line, Mar 20, 2007
  
  
• Now on Governor's Desk, Colorado's SB100 Would Create Transmission Resource Zones, Mar 19, 2007 Wind Energy Weekly
  
  
• Greece to invest 2.5 billion euros in renewable energy sources by 2010, Mar 19, 2007
  
  
• Preparation for three-nation power interconnection under way, Mar 18, 2007
  
  
• Southern Company and DOE Show New Technology, Mar 16, 2007
  
  
• Iran Needs Two Years to Link Russia Power Grid Mar 12, 2007
  
  
• Vietnam to buy more electricity from China, Mar 12, 2007 Xinhua
  
  
• Positive response from India to import of electricity from Bhutan and Nepal: Power Advisor, Mar 11, 2007
  
  
• World Web of Electricity Charged Up, Mar 9, 2007
  
  
• India mulls power transmission links with Sri Lanka, B'desh, Mar 8, 2007 Asia in Focus
  
  
• Power minister moots SAARC energy grid, Mar 7, 2007
  
  
• Alternative-Energy Bill Heads to Ritter; Plan Would Make It Easier to Transmit Solar, Wind Power, Mar 5, 2007 The Gazette
  
  
• Nile Basin energy future, March 5, 2007
  
  
• China to make record investment to expand power grids, Mar 5, 2007
  
  
• House tentatively approves plan to build electric lines, Mar 2, 2007
  
  
• Utilities Seek to End Isolation of Northern Maine's Power Grid, Mar 1, 2007
  
  National Grid Signs GBP1 Billion Contract To Upgrade Elec Network, Mar 1, 2007
  
  
• First Segment of SCE's Renewable Energy Transmission Project Approved, Mar 1, 2007
  
  
• NYRI official: project could lead to more upstate wind farms, Feb 2007
  
  
• Ofgem Unveils Nation Grid Incentive Proposal, Feb 28, 2007
  
  
• AEP, MidAmerican Joint Venture Floats $4.2B Transmission Plan for Texas, Feb 27,2077
  
  
• Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya Ministers to Convene Over Power Interconnection, Feb 27, 2007
  
  
• Power agency discussed proposed 1,000-mile transmission line, Feb 20, 2007
  
  
• Commission hails three-way electricity-market integration, Feb 16, 2007
  
  
• Chinese Companies Sign Agreements on Building Power Plants in Cambodia, Feb 16, 2007
  
  
• ABD to invest $3B in power sector, Feb 15, 2007
  
  
• Egyptian electricity minister, Palestinian official discuss Gaza power grid, Feb 14, 2007
  
  
• Undersea cable could bring 'green' power to Hub, Feb 14, 2007
  
  
• China starts construction on cross-sea power grid project, Feb 11, 2007
  
  
• Maine, New Brunswick ink accord to cooperate on electricity link, Feb 9, 2007
  
  
• Burying Mega Power Line Would Force Total Rethink, Feb 7, 2007
  
  
• Finland rejects undersea electricity cable from Russia, Jan 31, 2007
  
  
• Azerbaijan considers Russian energy grid's cooperation offer, Jan 26, 2007
  
  
• California ISO Enters New Era of Transmission Planning, Jan 24, 2007
  
  
• AEP and MidAmerican Move Forward with Texax Transmission Joint Venture, Jan 23, 2007
  
  
• ADB to study power trade potential in central, south Asia, Jan 22, 2007
  
  
• Maine finds no insurmountable obstacles to leaving regional grid, Jan 19, 2007
  
  
• Zimbabwe: Southern African Power Pool Warns Country, Jan 19, 2007
  
  
• Malaysia's Tenaga Eyes Earning Boost From Power Export to Thailand, Jan 18, 2007
  
  
• China's installed capacity rose 20 percent last year, Jan 12, 2007
  
  
• Black & Veatch receives safely award from PG&E for major power transmission project, Jan 9, 2007
  
  
• Nepal-India sign deal to construct power transmission line, Jan 6, 2007
  
  
• Myanmar, China sign hydropower agreement, Jan 1, 2007
  
  
• The Potential for Residential Demand Response on Transmission and Distribution Assets, Dec 29, 2006
  
  
• National Transmission Corridors, Dec 27, 2006
  
  
• Finland rejects undersea electricity cable from Russia, Dec 23, 2006
  
  
• ADB Backing Energy Cooperation between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Dec 22, 2006
  
  
• Renewable Energy: Coping with Variability Part 1: Supply Management, Dec 21, 2006
  
  
• South Korea holds ceremony to connect power cables with North, Dec 21, 2006
  
  
• Belarus signs contract on electricity imports from Ukraine, Dec 21, 2006
  
  
• Iraq Insurgents Starve Capital of Electricity, December 19, 2006
  
  
• Army Engineers Improving Electricity in Iraq, Dec 19, 2006
  
  
• Thailand signs MOU to buy more power from Laos, Dec 19, 2006
  
  
• Groundbreaking Minnesota Wind Integration Study, Dec 13, 2006
  
  
• Cracking the Bottlenecks, Dec 12, 2006
  
  
• Ukraine, Hungary discuss cooperation in energy sector, Dec 12, 2006
  
  
• Power transmitted from three gorges to Shanghai, Dec 9, 2006
  
  
• Major Eastern Trasmission Lines Promise NE Supply Diversity, Dec 8, 2006
  
  
• Iran could turn into regional electricity hub: official, Dec 8, 2006
  
  
• Estlink heralds Baltics' energy window to West, Dec 6, 2006
  
  
• ADB to offer 20 min USD for Cambodia to build regional electricity network, Dec 2, 2006
  
  
• Macro Trends Point to Microgrids, Nov 28, 2006
  
  
• FERC confirms, clarifies its order on transmission rights, Nov 28, 2006
  
  
• India plans high-capacity power line, Nov 28, 2006
  
  
• Jordan cannot work single-handedly to address water, energy issues, Nov 28, 2006
  
  
• FERC Makes Progress on Transmission Corridors, Nov 20, 2006
  
  
• REL to get Powewr Grid contract for transmission lines, Nov 21, 2006
  
  
• UK Government Launches Offshore Grid Connection Consultation, Nov 20, 2006
  
  
• Nakhichevan imports 75m KW electricity from Iran, Nov 19, 2006
  
  
• Siemens to Deliver Power System Controls for Russian Extra-High Voltage Power System - Order Valued at $35 Million, Nov 16, 2006
  
  
• Quebec and Ontario sign an historic agreement for construction of a new transmission interconnection, Nov 14, 2006
  
  
• China, Russia Inked Power purchase Contract, Nov 14, 2006
  
  
• Eskom Set to Import Botswana Electricity, Nov 14, 2006
  
  
• Afghanistan to import 300 MW power from Uzbekistan, Nov 14, 2006
  
  
• Russia negotiating deals to provide electricity to both Koreas, Nov 13, 2006
  
  
• New Power Line to Be Built From Ethiopia to Kenya, Nov 13, 2006
  
  
• Russia Negotiating Deals to Provide Electricity to Both Koreas, Nov 13, 2006
  
  
• Power Crunch Could Lead to Lots More Lines, Nov 10, 2006
  
  
• EU adopts new rules for managing electricity cross-border trade, Nov 9,2006
  
  
• Examining the Impact of Renewable Energy on the Electric Power Grid, Nov 8, 2006
  
  
• AEP, ITC Transmission To Perform Technical Study On Expanding 765-kv Transmission Into Michigan, Nov 6, 2006
  
  
• German power firm defends investment after Europe-wide blackout, Nov 6, 2006
  
  
• Fitch: U.S. Electric Transmission System Shows Its Age, Oct 31, 2006
  
  
• S.E. Asian nations to develop alternative energy sources with China, Oct 31, 2006
  
  
• Symposium Session to Address Transmission and Interconnection, Oct 25, 2006
  
  
• Power line would help wind farm development, Oct 25, 2006

• Montana Governor announces multibillion dollar transmission line, Oct 23, 2006
  
  
• USD study: High-tech power grid beneficial, Oct 19, 2006

• Russian Electricity Restructuring, Oct 18, 2006
  
  
• China to Transmit Electricity to Southeast Asia, Oct 10, 2006
  
  
• China builds world's largest rural power grid, Oct 8, 2006
  
  
• Russian National Grid Chief Paints Gloomy Picture in Power Supply This Winter, Oct 6, 2006
  
  
• National Grid: New Transmission Policies Are Needed to Realize Renewable Generation's Potential in the U.S, Sep 21, 2006
  
  
• India and Nepal try to break the ice on joint hyrdopower , Sep 8, 2006
  
  
• Hiding Transmission Projects, Sep 6, 2006
  
  
• India eyes power generation projects in Nepal, Aug 26, 2006
  
  
• China lays foundation for first experimental project of UHV grids, Aug 21, 2006
  
  
• Tanzanian, Kenyan officials discuss power interconnector plan, Jul 26, 2005
  
  
• Russia-Ukraine-Moldova energy triangle, Jun 27, 2006
  
  
• A Power Grid for the Hydrogen Economy, June 26, 2006
  
  
• Pakistan to get power transmission line from Central Asia via Afghanistan, May 9, 2006
  
  
• Victoria-Tasmania power link opens, world's longest underwater electricity link, May 9, 2006
  
  
• Vietnam to import more electricity from China, May 8, 2006 (Xinhua)
  
  
• Tajik, Chinese companies sign deals to build two power lines in Tajikistan, The Associated Press, Apr 20, 2006
  
  
• Western Govs talk energy infrastructure, April 12, 2006
  
  
• "Smartgrids": vision for single European electricity grid, April 7, 2006
  
  
• Network to be extended in countryside, Mar 28, 2006
  
  
• Electricity Trade Flourishes, March 23, 2006
  
  
• Power grid in Houston to get smart technology upgrade, Feb 6, 2006
  
  
• Montana-Canadian power line could spur energy development, Dec 5, 2005
  
  
• Iran considers alternative electricity transmission line to Russia, Dec 4, 2005
  
  
• $1bn-worth GCC grid deals awarded, Nov 28, 2005
  
  
• Iran to expand electricity export to neighbors, Nov. 16, 2005 (MNA)
  
  
• Kazakhstan: World Bank Supports Electricity Transmission To South, Oct 27, 2005
  
  
• Lebanon set to be linked to regional electricity grid, Oct 24, 2005
  
  
• Plan aims to power up transmission line, Sep 28, 2005
  
  
• Three-Nation Electricity Project to Cost $350m, Sep 2, 2005
  
  
• Effort on to Protect Nation's Power Grid, Aug 17, 2005
  
  
• Cooperation Among Electric Grid Operators Helping to Meet High Demand for Power, Aug 10, 2005
  
  
• China to develop ultra-high voltage power grid, July 30, 2005
  
  
• China prepares to build world's first 1,000-kv electricity transmission line, July 26, 2005
  
  
• Midwestern Governors Cooperate to Promote Electric Transmission Investment, July 16, 2005
  
  
• Chinese Power Company to Spend 12.09B Dollars on Grid Renovation, July 7, 2005
  
  
• Iraq to get electricity from Jordan, Egypt, 2005
  
  
• Multi-Dimensional Issues in International Electric Power Grid Interconnections (.pdf 1.17MB) (Executive Summary). Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development, United Nations, New York, 2005
  
  
• Guinn backs transmission line plan - 1,300-mile system could provide up to $1.7 billion in annual benefits, Apr. 05, 2005
  
  
• UAE to join Gulf power grid in 2008, 7 March 2005
  
  
• Transmission Use Evident from Cycle Timing, Feb 22, 2005
  
  
• Recharging the power grid, Aug 15, 2003
  
  
• Industry Architecture for the Electric System of the Future, Mar 8, 2003
  
  
• Oncor Transmission Unit Completes Critical Texas Lines Ahead of Schedule, November 20, 2002
  
  
• ME3 POLICY POSITIONS ON TRANSMISSION FOR MOVING WIND POWER TO MARKET March 13, 2002 me3.org
  
  
• Powering The Globe, By Gerry George, International Editor, Transmission & Distribution World, January 1, 2002
  
  
• On the Grid or Off the Grid: Bigger Is Better; An interstate electricity highway could leverage economies of scale to keep the lights on, San Francisco Gate, San Francisco Chronicle, By Burton A. Weisbrod, Glen E. Weisbrod - Sunday, February 25, 2001
  
  
• Russia, Ukraine tighten ties with aviation, power-grid deals | Moscow looks to keep ally in fold, San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb 13, 2001
  
  
• Worldwide Interconnections May Be An Idea Whose Time Has Come: A high-tech global initiative holds the promise of benefits for everyone, By Peter Meisen
  
  
• ABB wins US$ 40-million power transmission project in Africa, Nov 2000
  
  
• Big Powerlines to Come Under a Single Operator; Reliability, Efficiency Are the Goals, PRNewswire, Oct. 16, 2000
  
  
• Fair Transmission & Distribution Rules, 1999
  
  
• "International High-Voltage Grids and Environmental Implications" IEEE Power Engineering Review, August 1998
  
  
• Power Transmission: False Fear or Global Solution? Volume X, Number 6, Dec.-Jan. 1997, World Citizen News, Newsletter of the World Government of World Citizens
  
  
• "The International Grid", Global Power, The Electric Hypergrid, New Scientist, No. 1985, 8 July, 1995
  
  
• Electrical Transmission, ABB Power Systems A B, Sweden
  
  
• Want to contain global population? Then expand energy resources, World Citizen News, vol. VIII, No. 5, Oct/Nov 1994
  
  
• Africa-Europe Electrical Interconnection And Prospects of Worldwide Interconnections, CIGRE, 28, August 1994
  
  
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• It Ain't Necessarily So!, Simulation in the Service of Society, Mission Earth, Simulation Magazine, The Society for Computer Simulation, November 1993
  
  
• The Economic, Environmental and Developmental Benefits of High-Voltage Interconnections Between South and North America via Central America and the Caribbean, ENERLAC 93 - Bogota, Colombia - June 15-18, 1993
  
  
• "Worldwide Interconnections, May Be An Idea Whose Time Has Come", Transmission and Distribution International, December 1992
  
  
• "International cooperation for renewable energy transfer", Development, Journal of the Society for International Development, by Michail Hesse Wolfe, 1992:3
  
  
• Energy Systems, Environment and Development, A Reader, Centre for Science and Technology for Development, Advanced Technology Assessment System, Issue 6 Autumn 1991, United Nations, New York, 1991
  
  
• Long-distance interties connect faraway areas, Power, First Quarter, 1991
  
  
• Present Limits of Very Long Distance Transmission Systems, Cigre: 1984 Session