by Saqib Saeed | 2021, December, 8 | HVDC, Saqib Saeed
Historically, the Americas region has been lagging with respect to other key HVDC markets such as Europe and China. However, there are several HVDC projects in the pipeline in this region. The infographic below shows the planned HVDC projects (capacity) in the region...
by Saifa Khalid | 2021, October, 28 | HVDC, Saifa Khalid
With a global increase in energy demand, there is an apparent trend shift in the power grid with emphasis on decarbonization and digitization. Consequently, we see the growth of intermittent distributed energy resources. This trend shift is causing HVDC to become one...
by Saifa Khalid | 2021, September, 21 | HVDC, Saifa Khalid
In 2020, coal production in the U.S. declined 24% year over year accounting for the lowest coal production since 1965 (per . Electricity generated from renewables has been growing and surpassed generation from coal in 2020. President Biden has set a target to install...
by Saifa Khalid | 2021, March, 24 | HVDC, Saifa Khalid
The imposition of global lockdowns to curtail the spread of pandemic in 2020 significantly reduced the electricity demand. According to International Energy Agency (IEA), electricity demand dropped 2% making it the largest drop in demand in the last 50 years and far...
by Hassan Zaheer | 2018, November, 26 | Hassan Zaheer, HVDC, Power Electronics, Power Quality, Reactive Power, SVCs/STATCOMs, Switchgear, Transformers
Image Source: ABB Media News is circulating that ABB is in negotiations with three Asian manufacturers, Mitsubishi Electric, Hitachi Power Systems & State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), to sell its Power Grids division. For years now, ABB has dominated the...
