This week saw the launch of the Power Academy at the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) in London, aimed at combating a serious shortfall in the number of power engineers in the UK. A joint initiative between the UK's electricity network companies,

ABB has completed the record-setting power link that connects the Three Gorges with Guangdong, China, and which transfers power from central China to the south of the country. The 3,000MW, 940km high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link was handed over to China’s State