Distribution
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Italian electricity demand is rising alongside industrial and renewable output. June brought the highest demand recorded for the month in a decade, while solar capacity and battery installations continued to expand.
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Latvia’s storage build-out is moving into utility-scale hybrid infrastructure delivery. Ignitis Renewables will combine a 107MW battery system with the 174MW Tume solar farm and its existing grid connection.
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Romania’s battery pipeline is shifting decisively into large-scale construction activity. Projects totalling hundreds of megawatts are advancing through financing, engineering, and procurement as solar deployment increases demand for flexible network capacity.
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UK Power Networks has substantially expanded its charging-planning digital platform. New connection insights give councils earlier indications of site viability, likely cost, eligibility, and delivery timescales.
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Britain’s demand-flexibility service has delivered sharply higher summer reductions already. NESO has procured 4,739MWh since mid-April, more than twice the comparable volume delivered during 2025.
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EDP has opened worldwide applications for its Future Grids programme. Selected technologies will move into funded utility pilots using operational assets, network data, and direct engineering support.
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Europe’s public charging network now substantially exceeds fleet-based infrastructure requirements. Corridor coverage remains less complete, with technical gaps concentrated in parts of eastern and southern Europe.
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SSEN has developed a framework for build-and-flex network investment decisions. The tool compares reinforcement with flexibility across connections, outages, curtailment, mobile generation, and seasonal working patterns.
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NESO will exclude distributed assets from reactive power market participation. Voltage problems originating within distribution networks will remain the responsibility of DNOs and emerging distribution-system operators.
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Powernaut now coordinates DSG’s Dutch renewable portfolio through one platform. The system connects distributed solar and battery assets with day-ahead, intraday, balancing, and congestion-management markets.