Distribution
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The Great Sea Interconnector may require additional funding if a European Investment Bank assessment confirms higher project costs for the planned Greece–Cyprus–Israel subsea electricity link.
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Ofgem has approved early construction funding for major Scottish transmission schemes, allowing network developers to secure grid components and advance enabling works ahead of final project approval.
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ABB is expanding medium-voltage manufacturing capacity across several European markets.
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Utilligence will deliver 132kV infrastructure for Longpasture’s solar connection scheme.
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SSEN Transmission is standardising smaller substations for faster renewable connections.
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Siemens and Alliander are using Gridscale X to support more active distribution operation. Alliander has migrated 85 applications and expanded medium-voltage grid coverage to 100%.
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Engie has completed its acquisition of UK Power Networks ahead of schedule. The deal brings one of Britain’s largest electricity distribution operators into Engie’s regulated network portfolio.
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IN Power’s April issue asks whether the grid is ready. Coverage connects automation, OT cybersecurity, demand flexibility, data centres, autonomous industrial sites, and contracting competence as electrification pressure moves from policy target to operational test.
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Energinet has introduced a temporary three-month pause on new grid connection agreements in Denmark after large-scale demand requests outpaced near-term network capacity, with data centres cited as a major driver.
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National Grid Electricity Distribution has published its latest Network Development Plan, setting out a ten-year view of distribution-network development, headroom, constraint management, flexibility, and reinforcement as electricity demand and low-carbon connections increase.