What causes grid crashes and blackouts?
Grid blackouts stem from technical instability, poor system resilience, and challenges tied to renewable integration, load shifts, and extreme disturbances.
Hitachi Energy passes 150 GW in HVDC links integrated into the power system
Hitachi Energy has announced that it has enabled more than 150 GW of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links around the world integrated into the power system.
The perfect wave: Grid stabilizing inverters will stabilize the power grids of the future
Large-scale fossil-fueled power plants with their synchronous generators provide stability in the power grid. With the progressive energy transition, though, these will be successively switched off.
ADB grants $600M loan for power system upgrades
Indonesia, Sumatra: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide $600 million loan to Indonesia’s state electricity corporation, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), to upgrade transmission and distribution system in Sumatra.