Distribution
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MW Dispatch has entered live operation on Britain’s electricity network. UK Power Networks and NESO are using distribution-connected assets to manage transmission constraints and bring some projects forward in heavily constrained regions.
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Europe’s HVDC planning push is entering its decisive validation phase. HVDC-WISE is testing hybrid AC/DC planning tools across European, Great Britain, and offshore use cases before final recommendations on resilience, interoperability, and code updates.
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ENTSO-E’s verdict exposes Europe’s lagging voltage control architecture. Iberia’s outage was triggered by overvoltage, but the deeper failure lay in weak reactive-power discipline, soft plant obligations, and tools built for a slower grid.
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Opposition is intensifying around National Grid’s Norwich-to-Tilbury transmission proposal locally. Tendring District Council has escalated its challenge to the 400kV scheme, arguing that unresolved land-use, ecological, transport, and community impacts still outweigh the current mitigation package.
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Armenia has secured fresh funding for major transmission reinforcement works. A new €135 million package extends support for the Caucasus Transmission Network, backing cross-border interconnection, renewable integration, and wider regional electricity trading capacity.
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ENTSO-E has published its final Iberian blackout engineering verdict today. The report links the April 2025 collapse to oscillations, voltage-control failures, reactive-power issues, and cascading generator disconnections, while urging tighter monitoring, coordination, and rule changes for increasingly inverter-heavy grids.
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National Grid has completed Wallend’s GIS building structure in Kent. The 400kV Isle of Grain substation will support NeuConnect and now moves into switchgear installation and testing.
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China’s next grid cycle points to another infrastructure surge nationwide. Multi-year spending plans from the country’s state grid operators show how transmission, distribution, and renewable integration are becoming central to energy security strategy.
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Salford’s grid upgrade has reached a new heavy-engineering milestone today. Three 132 kV transformers have been installed as Electricity North West pushes ahead with a wider reinforcement programme designed to meet rising electricity demand.
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Hitachi Energy will supply a 550 kV SF6-free GIS installation in Japan. The Chubu Electric Power Grid project is positioned as the first fully SF6-free system at that voltage level.