Distribution
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UK solar installations passed two million at the end of March 2026, with total capacity reaching 22.1GW as rooftop demand and large-scale projects drove the market to a new deployment milestone.
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The planning examination for National Grid’s Sea Link project has closed, moving the proposed 2GW HVDC link between Suffolk and Kent towards a recommendation to the Secretary of State.
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Energy Networks Association has developed a common flexibility dispatch standard with Elexon, NESO, and the OpenADR Alliance, using OpenADR 3.1 to support interoperable flexibility services across Britain’s electricity networks.
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SP Energy Networks and Keen AI have launched IConn, a digital tool designed to speed up early-stage transmission connection assessments by modelling routes, capacity, costs, power flows, and technical constraints in seconds.
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Ofgem has rejected CUSC modification CMP344, which sought to change how offshore Income Adjusting Event costs are recovered from transmission users.
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National Grid is expanding dynamic line rating technology across 585km of transmission routes in England and Wales to increase usable network capacity.
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A new €600m CEF Energy call has opened for cross-border infrastructure projects across electricity, smart grids, hydrogen, CO₂ networks, and related European energy systems.
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Ireland and Spain have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore a future electricity interconnector, opening feasibility work between governments and transmission system operators as Europe pushes for greater grid integration and renewable energy balancing.
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Power On has delivered EHV and HV infrastructure for Stansted North Site, including a 33 kV grid connection and new 33/11 kV primary substation to support phased commercial development near Stansted Airport.
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National Grid has energised its Little Horsted substation in East Sussex, adding around 0.5 GW of transmission capacity and supporting UK Power Networks’ adjacent distribution works as electricity demand rises across the South East.