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SSEN Transmission and the Met Office are using advanced weather data to refine asset ratings and release more capacity from Britain’s electricity transmission network.
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The EU-backed MISSION project is developing SF6-free switchgear for MV and HV AC and DC systems, targeting future transmission and distribution equipment.
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NESO ran Britain’s electricity grid at 98.8% zero-carbon for a short period on 22 April, while gas fell to a historic low.
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DTEK is advancing the 650MW Poltavska wind farm in central Ukraine, adding large-scale renewable capacity as the country rebuilds and diversifies a power system operating under wartime pressure.
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EnBW and EWE have proposed standardised flexible connection agreements for renewable generators, offering a route into constrained parts of the German grid while reinforcement work continues.
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Stellium has moved its Newcastle data-centre campus onto an hourly matched renewable supply model, aligning electricity demand more closely with real-time generation and preparing battery storage to raise the match rate further.
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Fred. Olsen Seawind is taking full ownership of Muir Mhòr, keeping the floating offshore wind project on track through consent and development as Scotland’s first commercial-scale floating schemes move closer to market.
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Jacobs has secured an eight-year framework with Murphy for work across SSEN Transmission projects, covering high-voltage design, verification, assurance, and multidisciplinary engineering support in Scotland’s expanding grid programme.
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Ireland’s offshore grid build-out is moving into procurement detail. EirGrid’s Tonn Nua package places offshore substations and associated HV systems into sharper focus.
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A German battery project has cleared a major grid milestone. Noveria’s agreement with TenneT fixes the connection path for a large storage scheme in Lower Saxony.