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Subsea Micropiles will expand manufacturing capacity at Scotland’s Montrose Port. The £5 million programme targets subsea foundations and anchors, with around 80 jobs planned as floating wind deployment develops.
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SSE has selected Montrose for Berwick Bank B operations base. The planned hub will support 100 permanent roles servicing the 1.4GW offshore wind project for more than 35 years.
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NESO has requested one more month for Gate 2 offers. Engineering complexity and network redesign have delayed part of the Phase 1 programme, although later milestones currently remain unchanged.
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Regional electricity data exposes increasingly different UK power system roles. Scotland remains a major exporter while Northern Ireland relies on net imports, reinforcing the importance of interconnection and transmission capacity.
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Scotland’s renewable project pipeline has climbed to 99.4GW overall capacity. Battery storage and offshore wind dominate planned capacity, while operational renewable generation and storage continue to expand.
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Tekmar has secured a €6 million European offshore wind extension. Newton Aycliffe will manufacture cable protection equipment, with a similar second phase available if the project reaches its required investment milestones.
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Great British Grid will invest public capital across electricity networks. The new body will work alongside existing operators while government expands self-build connections and competitive transmission tendering.
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Infineon will supply silicon carbide devices for Eaton’s transformer platform. The MVSST 2.0 system targets 800VDC AI data centre power architectures across the Asia-Pacific region.
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Schneider Electric has launched software-defined medium-voltage switchgear for data centres. The architecture virtualises protection, control, monitoring, and metering functions to standardise deployment and commissioning.
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Polarium will connect German batteries nationwide through smart metering systems. The first phase will aggregate 1,600-plus distributed systems into a virtual power plant, with the wider fleet targeted to reach 10,000.