Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. This article is the second instalment of an eight-part series, “Poland’s Electrification Decade: The Race to Build a New Energy System,” examining the market forces, infrastructure challenges and investment…
Iberdrola is accelerating its expansion into regulated electricity infrastructure after agreeing to acquire Caruna, Finland’s largest electricity DSO, in a transaction that values the business at approximately €5 billion. The acquisition represents another…
Lithuania is bringing greater transparency to one of Europe’s fastest-moving energy transitions with the launch of a new interactive map showcasing the country’s planned electricity, gas and hydrogen infrastructure through…
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. Poland has become one of Europe’s most important energy investment markets. Driven by rapid economic growth, rising electricity demand and one of the continent’s largest renewable development…
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. How a €4.2 billion subsea interconnector aims to turn the Eastern Mediterranean into a major renewable energy corridor History has a habit of finding new ways to…
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. “The world is moving quickly into the age of electricity.” With this observation, Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, captured one of the biggest…
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. Europe’s energy transition is creating one of the most digitally advanced power systems in the world. Smart grids, renewable generation, artificial intelligence, digital twins, and distributed energy…
ABB is strengthening its position in next-generation power systems with the acquisition of Advantics, a France-based specialist in Silicon Carbide (SiC)-based power conversion technologies. The transaction expands ABB’s Direct Current…
Lithuania has entered a new chapter in its energy transition with the appointment of Lukas Savickas as Minister of Energy following the July 2026 government reshuffle. His arrival comes at a defining…
For more than a century, electricity grids relied on a simple physical principle: large rotating generators provided not only electricity but also stability. Coal plants, gas turbines and hydroelectric units…
A Year of Acceleration, Integration and Hard Constraints The Moldova Energy Forum, organised by The Voice of Renewables in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Moldova, took place…
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. The Voice of Renewables editorial team has prepared a new ten-part feature series exploring how renewable energy asset management is evolving from a traditional operations and maintenance…
Implications for generators, IPPs, and renewable investment in solar, wind and storage The recent discussion in Valparaíso on electricity tariffs and subsidy extensions in Chile reflects a continuation of a structural policy…
As much of Europe swelters under another intense heatwave, the immediate concerns are familiar. Health warnings are issued. Transport networks face disruption. Water usage rises. Air conditioning units work overtime.…
Event context and what is already known The February 2025 blackout in Chile is already well understood in its immediate technical terms. A disturbance in the 500 kV transmission system…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of up to €46 million to Elektroprenos-Elektroprijenos BiH Banja Luka (TransCo) to strengthen Bosnia and Herzegovina’s electricity transmission system…
Electricity systems are undergoing a structural transition in which traditional assumptions about scale, redundancy and diversity are being replaced by a constraint-dominant operational reality. Across Europe, Latin America, North America…
For most of the past two decades, the energy transition has been measured in gigawatts. Governments announced renewable deployment targets, developers competed to build larger wind and solar projects, and…
How inverter-based power systems are turning grid reliability into a tradable service For most of the history of electricity systems, stability was not something engineers needed to explicitly procure. It…
Schneider Electric and Kraken today announce a strategic partnership to accelerate global adoption of electricity demand flexibility. Schneider Electric and Kraken are partnering to deliver new solutions for Distribution System…