Distribution
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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.
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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.