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EU funding expands clean energy infrastructure across eleven member states. The latest Modernisation Fund round supports grids, storage, heating, and transport electrification.
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Iberian interconnection adds capacity across Portugal and Spain’s transmission systems. The new 400kV link strengthens cross-border balancing and renewable integration.
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UK Power Networks has completed major south London cable reinforcement. The £6.8m Sutton to Beddington upgrade added 6.8km of underground cable to support resilience and future electricity demand.
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DNOs now want early procurement mechanisms built into RIIO-ED3 planning. The proposal would give the supply chain earlier certainty for equipment and services needed to deliver distribution network reinforcement.
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Power availability is tightening fast across EMEA data-centre development pipelines. Grid access, connection timelines, and infrastructure readiness are increasingly determining which planned facilities can become operational capacity.
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Electrica has advanced Romanian storage through 17 grid connection approvals. The 700MWh portfolio can now move into design, permitting, and construction, with commissioning targeted by the end of 2027.
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Iberdrola is adding satellite intelligence to electricity network resilience planning. Iceye synthetic aperture radar data will support faster assessment of floods, fires, and high-wind impacts across power network assets.
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Malta’s second interconnector has moved from manufacture toward marine installation. The 122km, 225MW HVAC link will strengthen Malta’s electricity connection to Sicily, adding resilience, redundancy, and greater operational flexibility for the island grid.
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Ofgem’s RIIO-ET3 consultation tightens electricity transmission reporting for network operators. The proposed framework covers cost, output, performance, glossary, regulatory pack, and network asset risk reporting for the 2026 to 2031 price control period.
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Carrog’s grid connection package has cleared a high-voltage planning hurdle. BOOM Power’s approved Anglesey scheme includes an underground 400kV cable and 400kV substation to connect a consented battery project to the transmission network.