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Elements Green has acquired the 300MW/600MWh Newarthill battery energy storage project near Motherwell, adding a transmission-connected Scottish asset with planning consent and an adjacent 275kV substation connection.
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Schneider Electric has introduced the StarCharge Fast 720 EV charging system to the UK market, targeting high-throughput commercial, industrial, fleet, bus, and heavy-vehicle charging sites with up to 720kW of charging capacity.
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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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Several German battery storage projects have advanced, including Green Flexibility’s Balzhausen system, Suncatcher hybrid projects with Statkraft, and new storage schemes involving SWB, Be.storaged, ArcelorMittal, and EDF Power Solutions.
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R.Power and Axpo have signed a long-term optimisation agreement for a 300MW/1,200MWh battery energy storage system in Dzięgielewo, Poland, combining trading, ancillary services, and revenue floor arrangements.
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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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Offshore Energies UK says Britain must deliver around 5GW of offshore wind each year to meet clean power targets, warning that current deployment rates would leave capacity well short of the 2030 goal.
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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.