Distribution
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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.
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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.