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• National Grid Upgrades Greenhouse Gas Cut Target To 80% By 2050
  Apr 18, 2008 - Dow Jones
  
  U.K.-based gas and electricity network operator National Grid PLC (NGG) said Friday it will increase its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target to 80% by 2050, from 60% previously.
  
  
• Smart Grids power up the agenda across Europe
  Apr 3, 2008 - Smart Electric News
  
  A host of initiatives across Europe have led to an explosion in interest into how - and where - smart grids will be implemented and deployed.
  
  
• Macedonian Government Allows Electricity Import
  Feb 28, 2008 - BBC Monitoring European
  
  The government has decided to allow Macedonian Transmission System Operator (MEPSO) import of additional electricity due to the poor water accumulation, said Government Spokesman Ivica Bocevski at Thursday's [28 February] press conference.
  
  
• Macedonia, Bulgaria Agree to Boost Energy Cooperation
  Feb 20, 2008 - BBC Monitoring European
  
  Cooperation between Macedonia and Bulgaria in the energy sector was the main topic of discussion at Wednesday's [20 February] meeting of Vice Premier Zoran Stavreski with Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Petur Dimitrov.
  
  
• Albania, Kosovo Work on "Unification" of Energy Systems
  Feb 15, 2008 - BBC Monitoring European
  
  Albania and Kosova (Kosovo) are working to realize an increase in the level of power exchanges and unification of energetic systems between both countries to guarantee security in power supply at different periods of time.
  
  
• Polish-Lithuanian power bridge project started
  Feb 12, 2008 - BBC Monitoring
  
  he energy bridge to connect the Polish and Lithuanian power grids has many dimensions, president Lech Kaczynski declared at a ceremony attended also by Lithuanian president Valdas Adamkus here Tuesday.
  
  
• Poland, Lithuania to Sign "Energy Bridge" Accord
  Feb 5, 2008 - BBC Monitoring European
  
  An agreement establishing a Polish- Lithuanian venture to build an "energy bridge" linking Poland's and Lithuania's power grids is to be signed in Warsaw on 12 February, Lithuanian Economics Minister Vyatas Navickas said.
  
  
• Islands Seek Aid for Subsea Green-Power 'Export' Link
  Jan 30, 2008 - The Scotsman
  
  FUNDING is being sought to build a subsea power cable to take green energy from the Western Isles to England and southern Scotland.
  
  
• Belarus urges common energy market with Russia, Kazakhstan
  Jan 26, 2008 - BBC Monitoring
  
  Belarus initiates the setting up of a common energy market involving at least the threesome of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Kabyakow told journalists in Moscow today.
  
  
• Italy, Albania to Be Linked By Undersea Electric Power Cable
  Jan 21, 2008 - BBC Monitoring European
  
  taly and Albania in a network. With mutual advantages. Italy will help to modernize Tirana's electricity system. And Albania will be able to act as an energy lung, to meet - when needed - our country's growing need for electricity. Yesterday came a new significant step forward, with the go-ahead from the Albanian Government for the project by the Moncada Costruzioni group in Agrigento, Italy's fifth-largest producer of wind power, for a private undersea electricity cable (merchant line [previous two words in English in original]) to be laid between the two coasts.
  
  
• Study backs undersea cable to export Scotland's wind and wave power
  Jan 17, 2008 - Ian Johnston - The Scotsman
  
  VAST amounts of wind and wave power from some of Scotland's most remote areas could be exported to southern England and Europe, providing a secure source of power and significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
  
  
• France, Spain to set up joint electricity grid
  Jan 11, 2008 - MENAFN
  
  France and Spain agreed to set up a joint electricity grid company to share high-speed voltage across the Pyrenees, AP reported.
  
  
• Surveyors Seek Power Route Across the Irish Sea
  Jan 9, 2008 - Daily Post - Liverpool
  
  A marine survey has begun mapping a potential route to carry high voltage electricity cables between Wales and the Republic of Ireland.
  
  
• Enel to Help Develop Albanian Energy Sector
  Dec 5, 2007 - Datamonitor
  
  Italian energy giant Enel has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Albanian government for the development of the energy sector in the country.
  
  
• Poland to resume energy projects with Lithuania that had stalled under previous government
  Nov 30, 2007 - The Associated Press
  
  VILNIUS, Lithuania - Poland's new government hopes to forge ahead with two energy projects with Lithuania that stalled under the previous government, its prime minister said Friday.
  
  
• Terna studying three Balkan interconnector links, including to Albania
  Nov 23, 2007 - AFX News Limited
  
  ROME (Thomson Financial) - Terna SpA is studying three possible interconnector links across the Adriatic sea to link Italy's electricity grid with those in three Balkan countries, including Albania, according to company presentations.
  
  
• Italian energy giant keen on RP, SE Asia
  Nov 19, 2007 - The Philippine Star
  
  ROME, Italy - Terna-Rete Electtrica Nazionale S.P.A of Italy is keen on investing in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries
  
  
• New Irish Cross-Border Electricity Market Goes Live
  Nov 2, 2007 - Datamonitor
  
  The Regulatory Authorities for Energy in Ireland and Northern Ireland have announced the launch of a new electricity market for the island of Ireland. The new market, known as Single Electricity Market, combines the two separate wholesale North and South markets into one cross-border market that is more efficient and cost-effective.
  
  
• Lithuania, Poland Again Fail to Sign Electricity Bridge Agreement
  Oct 22, 2007 - Daily News Bulletin; Moscow - English
  
  Lithuania's Lietuvos Eenergija energy systems and Poland's Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne on Saturday failed to negotiate and sign an agreement to implement an energy bridge project to link up the two countries' electricity grids.
  
  
• Fingrid and Svenska Kraftnat to Extend Submarine Cable Link
  Oct 8, 2007 - Datamonitor
  
  The Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry has granted a cross-border line permit to the extension of the submarine cable link between Finland and Sweden. The extension will be carried out in co-operation between Fingrid and Svenska Kraftnat.
  
  
• Siemens wins Balearics power network contract
  Oct 8, 2007 - Datamonitor
  
  The Power Transmission and Distribution Group of Siemens has won a contract from Spanish network operator Red Electrica de Espana to connect the Balearic Islands to the Spanish mainland's power network.
  
  
• Russia to give up 25% of electricity grid, UES CEO reveals
  Sep 12, 2007 - Datamonitor
  
  Russia is ready to give up 25% of its electricity generation industry to foreign investors, Anatoly Chubais, CEO of state-owned electricity titan Unified Energy Systems, told the Financial Times in an interview.
  
  
• Iberdrola reportedly looking to increase UK interconnection capacity
  Sep 12, 2007 - Datamonitor
  
  Spanish utility Iberdrola, which recently acquired its UK counterpart ScottishPower, plans to invest approximately E1.3 billion to increase the interconnection capacity between Scotland and northern England, reported AFX News, quoting El Economista, which obtained its information from sources close to UK energy watchdog Ofgem.
  
  
• Irish Power to Get Boost From Abroad
  Sep 10, 2007 - Daily Mail
  
  A 500MW electricity interconnector to boost Ireland's power supply is to come ashore at Woodland in Co. Meath. This location has been approved by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) on foot of a detailed study published yesterday.
  
  
• Areva to increase capacity of Algerian transmission grid
  Aug 23, 2007 - Clare Watson - Energy Business Review
  
  The transmission and distribution arm of French state-owned nuclear energy group Areva has been awarded a E50 million turnkey contract by Algerian utility Sonelgaz, to increase the capacity of its electricity transmission grid.
  
  
• Russia To Export Electricity To Lithuania While Nuclear Power Plant Repaired
  Aug 20, 2007 - RIA Novosti
  
  Russia will supply up to 1,000 megawatts of electricity to Lithuania while the Ignalina nuclear power plant is being repaired, electricity monopoly Unified Energy System (UES) said Friday. European Union member Lithuania is to shut down the second reactor of its Ignalina NPP by late 2009, in line with EU nuclear safety requirements, and to build a new plant of about the same capacity of 3,600 MW by 2015, a project expected to cost $3-4 billion.
  
  
• Ukraine Offers to Consider Exporting Electricity to Lithuania
  Aug 13, 2007 - Daily News Bulletin
  
  Ukraine is willing to consider exporting electricity to Lithuania, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said on Monday.
  
  
• E.C. clears National Grid, TenneT U.K.-Dutch electricity cable
  Aug 6, 2007 - MarketWatch - Adam Cohen
  
  The European Commission Monday cleared U.K. power grid operator National Grid PLC and its Dutch counterpart TenneT to build a 1,000 megawatt electricity cable linking the two countries.
  
  
• Blackout hits all of Albania because of defective transmission line
  Jul 24, 2007 - The Associated Press
  
  TIRANA, Albania - All of Albania was left without electricity Tuesday afternoon because of a defect in a transmission line importing power from neighboring Macedonia, the energy minister said.
  
  
• Turkey, Greece to Cooperate in Electrical Energy, Natural Gas Pipeline
  Jul 19, 2007 - BBC Monitoring European
  
  Turkish Energy & Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler said on Wednesday that Turkey will provide Greece with 137 million kilowatt-hour electricity in the last week of July and in August.
  
  
• EU inquiry deadline for UK National Grid, TenneT power network jv Aug 10
  July 17, 2007 - AFX News
  
  BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - The European Commission said the deadline for its inquiry into the UK's National Grid and the Netherlands state-owned TenneT's proposed power network joint venture is set for Aug 10. The venture will see the installation of a high-voltage connection between the power grids of the UK and the Netherlands.
  
  http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/item.do?newsId=46059229821878
  
  
• Macedonia, Greece Connect Power Supply Systems With New Power Line
  Jul 16 - BBC Monitoring European
  
  Vice-Premier Zoran Stavreski on Saturday [ 14 July] in Bitola set formally into work a 400kW line that connects the power supply systems of Macedonia and Greece.
  
  
• Russian Power Grid Working on Idea of Siberia-Europe Transmission Line
  Jun 27, 2007 - BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union
  
  RAO UES [Unified Energy System of Russia] is working on a project of building a power transmission line from Siberia to Europe, the UES chairman of the board Anatoliy Chubays said at a meeting of the International Commission on Large Dams today.
  
  
• Uproar in Norway over power lines OSLO, Norway
  Jun 19, 2007 - UPI
  
  Politicians have joined environmentalists and tourism officials in Norway opposed to erecting power lines through famous scenic fjord and mountain landscapes.
  
  
• Russia Drops Plan to Build Undersea Electric Cable to Finland
  May 23, 2007 - BBC Monitoring
  
  United Power will give up its effort to build an undersea electric cable from Russia to Finland, reported the Finnish Broadcasting Company [YLE] on Tuesday [ 22 May]. The company had applied for a permit to build the cable, but the Ministry of Trade and Industry rejected the application towards the end of last year.
  
  
• ABB Receives $350 Million Cable Order To Connect UK, Dutch Grids
  May 22, 2007 - Dow Jones & Company, Inc
  
  Switzerland-based electrical engineering company ABB Ltd. (ABB) Tuesday said it has received an order worth $350 million for a high- voltage connection between the power grids of the U.K. and the Netherlands.
  
  
• Siemens Gets EUR160 Million Deal For UK-Dutch Power Cable
  May 22, 2007 - Dow Jones & Company, Inc
  
  Siemens AG's (SI) Power Transmission and Distribution unit has received a EUR160 million contract related to the construction of a power line between the U.K. and the Netherlands, a person familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday.
  
  
• Russia, North Korea Discussing Energy Exports
  Mar 23, 2007 - Daily News Bulletin
  
  Moscow: Russia and North Korea are discussing joint projects to build power stations in North Korea and also to organize exports of electricity from Russia to North Korea, say materials prepared for a meeting of a Russian-North Korean intergovernmental commission that is taking place on Friday in Moscow.
  
  
• Electric Shock in Russia
  Mar 23, 2007 - Business Week
  
  Communism, Lenin once remarked, equals Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country. Such was the thinking that gave rise to Unified Energy System, Russia's vast power concern. With 580,000 workers, 440 power stations, and 2 million miles of power lines, UES is a sprawling empire that produces more than 70% of Russia's electricity. With annual consumption of 980 trillion kilowatt hours, Russia gobbles up more of the stuff than any country in the world, except for the U.S. and China.
  
  
• National Grid Signs GBP1 Billion Contract To Upgrade Elec Network
  Mar 1, 2007 - Dow Jones Industrials
  
  National Grid said Thursday that it will sign contracts with two consortia worth over GBP1 billion over five years to upgrade and develop the electricity transmission network across England and Wales.
  
  
• Ofgem Unveils Nation Grid Incentive Proposal
  Feb 28, 2007
  
  UK energy regulator Ofgem has published its final proposals for the incentive arrangements it places on National Grid to encourage the efficient running of the high-voltage electricity transmission network.
  
  
• Commission hails three-way electricity-market integration
  Feb 16, 2007 - EurActiv.com
  
  Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has welcomed the move by France, Belgium and the Netherlands as the first step towards European-wide integration of electricity markets, as member states struggle to agree on common energy policy.
  
  http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/commission-hails-way-electricity-market-integration/article-161762
  
  
• Burying Mega-Power Line Would Force Total Rethink, Inquiry is Told
  Feb 7, 2007 - energycentral.com - The Scotsman
  
  
Controversial plans to build an overhead power line through Scotland are both necessary and cost effective, an inquiry was told yesterday. The scheme is also "demonstrably more economic" than putting the line underground, according to the would-be developers.


• Finland rejects undersea electricity cable from Russia
  Dec 22, 2006 - Helsinging Sanomat
  
  Finland's Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen (Centre) announced on Tuesday that Finland would not allow the construction of an undersea electric cable from Russia to Finland.
  
  http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Finland+rejects+undersea+electricity+cable+from+Russia/1135223812081
  
  
• Belarus signs contract on electricity imports from Ukraine
  Dec 21, 2006 - BBC Monitoring
  
  A Belarusian delegation signed a contract on next year's electricity imports from Ukraine in Kiev on 21 December.
  
  
• Ukraine, Hungary discuss cooperation in energy sector
  Dec 12, 2006 - BBC Monitoring via COMTEX
  
  Ukrainian Minister of Fuel and Energy Yuriy Boyko and representatives of the Hungarian government discussed on 11 December in Kiev the issues of cooperation in the energy sector, including the prospects for delivering Ukrainian electricity and natural gas to that country. "A wide range of issues related to cooperation between our country and Hungary in the energy sector was discussed. We think there is a great possibility for cooperation," Boyko told journalists late on Monday [11 December] after the negotiations were over. Boyko pointed to "the full understanding of our Hungarian colleagues regarding the increase of electricity deliveries and expansion of cooperation in trade of natural gas at the border".
  
  http://news.tradingcharts.com/futures/0/6/86825360.html
  
  
• Estlink heralds Baltics’ energy window to West
  Dec 06, 2006 - The Baltic Times
  
  The much-anticipated undersea power cable linking Estonia and Finland was launched on Dec. 4, ushering in a new era of a common Baltic-Nordic energy market and less dependence on Russian energy. Estonia’s leaders and top EU officials hailed the 110 million euro project, with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves calling it “a new energy window to Europe.”
  
  http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/16985/
  
  
• Consortium unveils plans to build power cable between Norway and Germany
  Dec 01, 2006 - NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT
  
  Norwegian energy companies Agder Energi and Lyse announced on Friday (1 December) plans to build a 570-kilometre sub-sea power cable between Norway and Germany. The project will be developed by NorGer AS, a project company established by Agder Energi and Lyse together with Swiss energy trading company EGL and German energy company EWE.
  
  http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/power/news_article.cfm?id=7485424
  
  
• Leaders of Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan discuss energy cooperation plans
  Nov 28, 2006 - BBC Monitoring
  
  The presidents of Belarus, Ukraine and Azerbaijan believe it will be possible to intensify trilateral cooperation in the energy sector in the near future.
  
  http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/power/news_article.cfm?id=7471878
  
  
• UK Government Launches Offshore Grid Connection Consultation
  November 20th, 2006 - Dow Jones Business News
  
  U.K. energy regulator Ofgem on Monday launched a joint consultation with the Department of Trade and
  Industry on a licensing regime that will determine how offshore wind farms connect to the U.K. transmission
  grid, the bodies said in joint press release.
  
  http://www.easybourse.com/Website/dynamic/News.php?NewsID=96495&lang=fra&NewsRubrique=2&PHPSESSID=96...
  
  
• SIEMENS TO DELIVER POWER SYSTEM CONTROLS FOR RUSSIAN EXTRA-HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SYSTEM - ORDER VALUED AT $35 MILLION
  November 16, 2006 (News Release)
  
  Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution, Inc. received a contract to supply state-of-the-art energy management and energy market management systems to equip Russia's extra-high voltage power system. The new Siemens systems will replace the existing systems and add new functionality, increase operating reliability of all equipment, reduce overall network losses and improve utilization of power plant capacity. The order has a value of about $35 million; commissioning is planned for late 2008.
  
  
• China, Russia Inked Power purchase Contract
  Nov 14, 2006 - SinoCast
  
  BEIJING - Liu Zhenya and Anatoly Chubais, the general director of China's power giant the State Grid Corporation of China and the president of Russia's largest power holding Unified Energy System of Russia (RAO UESR), signed an electric power-purchase contract on November 9, according to the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) of China.
  
  
• Russia Negotiating Deals to Provide Electricity to Both Koreas
  Nov 13, 2006 - BBC Monitoring - Choson Ilbo website Seoul
  
  Russia has been negotiating deals to provide electricity to South and North Korea. According to a Russian official, the two energy projects are being proposed by the Far Eastern department of Russia's electricity monopoly Unified Energy Systems (UES).
  
  
• European Union Adopts New Rules for Managing Electricity Cross-border Trade
  Nov 10, 2006 - Xinhua
  
  The European Commission yesterday adopted amended guidelines for managing the electricity cross-border trade in the European Union (EU), in a bid to improve the way the electricity transmission system is operated.
  
  http://tdworld.com/news/eu-cross-border-trade/
  
  
• German power firm defends investment after Europe-wide blackout
  November 6, 2006 - Stephen Graham- Associated Press
  
  A German utility confirmed it caused a weekend outage that left millions of people in several countries without power, but denied Monday that the blackout revealed a lack of investment in Europe's power grids.
  
  http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/11/07/business/news/12_07_3411_6_06.txt
  
  
• Russian Electricity Restructuring
  Oct 18, 2006- Ken Silverstein - EnergyBiz Insider
  
  Russia's electricity consumption is growing at a 5.3 percent rate. While that is in some part indicative of a growing economy, it is also presenting problems as it relates to the current restructuring of the electricity sector.
  
  
• Ukraine, Russia Discuss Parallel Power Grid Project
  Oct 16, 2006 - BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union
  
  The Ukrainian Ministry of Fuel and Energy and the Russian Ministry of Industry and Energy will draft proposals
  creating the contractual and legal basis for the parallel operation of their power grids, the press service of
  the Russian Ministry of Industry and Energy has told UNIAN.
  
  http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bbcmonitoring/1146132891.html?did=1146132891&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Oct+16%2C+2006&author=&pub=BBC+Monitoring+Former+
  Soviet+Union&desc=Ukraine%2C+Russia+discuss+parallel+power+grid+project
  
  
  
• Turkey to supply Syria with 1.4 billion kilowatts of electricity
  Oct 6, 2006 - The Associated Press
  
  Turkey will supply Syria with 1.4 billion kilowatts of electricity over a period of one year, beginning next
  week, in an agreement signed on Wednesday, Syria's official news agency (SANA) reported.
  
  http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=55958
  
  
• Russian national grid chief paints gloomy picture in power supply this winter
  Oct 6, 2006 - BBC Monitoring
  
  There may be some restrictions in electricity supplies this winter, the head of the Unified Energy Systems
  of Russia, Anatoliy Chubays, said today. A nationwide conference of energy sector employees is under
  way at one of the hotels in Moscow Region. Our correspondent Vladimir Kobyakov reports live now in our
  programme. Vladimir, what the reasons behind the possible cuts are and what regions will be affected.
  http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/684086/russian_national_grid_chief_paints_gloomy_picture_in_power_supply/index.html
  
  
• Poland, Lithuania sign declaration on cooperation in energy sector
  Sep 29, 2006 - The Associated Press
  

  Poland and neighboring Lithuania on Friday signed documents laying the foundation for a joint electrical
  power network and closer cooperation in the sector.
  
  http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/29/europe/EU_GEN_Poland_Lithuania.php

• European power: Ireland writing Interconnector wish list
  Sep 21, 2006 - Datamonitor
  
  In an upcoming green paper, the Irish government is expected to call for greater interconnectivity between
  Ireland and Britain. While smaller EU states such as Ireland would undoubtedly benefit from greater
  connectivity with their neighbors, through lower domestic energy prices, this obviously has to be balanced
  with imperatives to ensure their own security of supply and generation portfolio.
  
  http://www.energy-business-review.com/News_company.asp?guid=4419B933-D35D-4BEA-9C53-9373C763FD6E
  
  
• Greece, Albania sign energy agreement
  Sep 14, 2006 - Xinhua
  
  Greece and Albania signed an energy agreement covering electricity, oil and natural gas in Athens on
  Wednesday.
  
  http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/14/eng20060914_302592.html
  
  
• Russia-Ukraine-Moldova energy triangle
  Jun 27, 2006 - Novosti
  
  Energy experts are worried over developments in the Moldova-Ukraine-Russia triangle. Moldova needs electricity, which Russia's RAO UES and Ukraine's Ukrinterenergo are willing to supply.
  
  http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20060627/50553911.html
  
  
• Trans-Mediterranean Interconnection for Concentrating Solar Power
  Jun 23, 2006 - German Aerospace Center (6 MB download)
  
  Competitiveness, compatibility with society and the environment, security of supply and international cooperation are considered main pillars for sustainability in the energy sector. For each of the 30 countries1 shown in Figure 1, electricity scenarios from the year 2000 to 2050 were developed that show a consistent transition to a sustainable supply that is inexpensive, compatible with the environment and based on diversified, secure resources.
  
  
• "Smartgrids": vision for single European electricity grid
  April 7, 2006 euractive.com
  
  The main challenge for future provision of electricity in Europe will be to adapt the current network of large carbon-based centralised generators to welcome new, smaller-scale, local, renewable power sources.
  
  
• Experts call for higher share of new energy in Romania
  
  Romania needs to encourage development of alternative energy sources so that by 2010 the share of
  electric energy produced from renewable sources could reach 33 percent of total energy consumption,
  experts said at a meeting on Tuesday.
  
  http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/power/news_article.cfm?id=7090035

• UK to Integrate Separate Power Grids in April
  
  Britain will integrate its two main power supply grids in April to create a single power market and reduce
  bills for energy consumers in Scotland, the British government said Tuesday.
  
  http://tdworld.com/news/UK-integrate-grids/

• EU, Balkan Neighbors Sign Energy Accord
  
  The EU signed an accord Thursday with its Balkan neighbors that guarantees investment in the region's
  electricity and natural gas networks and fosters energy cooperation among nations there. It takes effect
  July 1.
  
  http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&Date=20060608&ID=5782097
  

• Russian electricity exports to China to double Siberian generating capacity
  Sep 09, 2005 - BBC Monitoring
  
  Zhigulevsk, Samara Region - The implementation of the project to export Russian electricity to China will allow to double the installed power generating capacity in Siberia and the Far East, Unified Energy System of Russia CEO Anatoliy Chubays told the third all-Russian meeting of hydropower industry workers today.
  
  
• Norway Set To Plug Into Britain
  May 12, 2003 - Press Association
  
  Norway has proposed laying the world's longest undersea power cable to enable it to plug into Britain.  Statkraft, the state electricity company, said the cable, with a projected cost of £750 million, would stretch 465 miles across the North Sea from southern Norway to Britain.
  
  
• Lithuania considers linking electricity grid with Sweden to ensure supply
  
  STOCKHOLM (AFX) - Lithuanian state-owned energy company Lietuvos Energija and Sweden's Svenska
  Kraftnat have signed a deal to launch a feasibility study on linking the energy systems of two countries, the
  Lithuanian firm said Friday.
  
  http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2006/08/25/afx2972964.html

• Electricity Grid Facing Acute Crisis
  
  The country's electricity network faces an acute crisis due to a lack of investment, Unified Energy Systems
  chief Anatoly Chubais told President Vladimir Putin.
  
  http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/08/22/045.html

• Russian company sweetens offer for large undersea electric cable. Baltenergo promises to build
  reserve power plant next to Sosnovyi Bor
  
  United Power, a company that has offered to set up an undersea cable to deliver electric power from Russia
  to Finland, has amended its offer in an attempt to make it more attractive to Finland.
  
  http://www.hs.fi/english/print/1135219584949

• Proposed undersea cable would double electricity imports from Russia. Fingrid feels project is
  dangerous
  
  The Russian state nuclear power company Rosenergoatom has proposed setting up a large undersea
  electric cable to Finland. The cable, which would run from the south shore of the Gulf of Finland to the
  Finnish city of Kotka, could nearly double the amount of electricity that Finland imports from Russia.
  
  http://www.hs.fi/english/article/1101981965726

• The Gotland HVDC link
  
  The world's first commercial HVDC transmission, the Gotland HVDC link from 1954, has been replaced
  with a 260 MW bipole.
  
  http://www.abb.com/cawp/GAD02181/74CC3006353D8C63C1256E2800286ED1.aspx

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