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  • Wallend substation reaches GIS hall milestone

    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.


  • Salko wins four-year Uniper maintenance framework

    Salko UK has secured fresh long-term maintenance work with Uniper. The award covers once-through cooler and gas turbine exhaust works at Enfield, plus continued maintenance at Grain and Taylors Lane over four years.


  • China scales up five-year grid investment

    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.


  • Chemik targets lower solar installation costs

    Solar installation economics could shift with new balance-of-system approaches globally. Chemik has outlined technologies aimed at cutting string inverter installation costs while tightening electrical fault detection on utility-scale PV projects.


  • Grenergy lands UK capacity deals for storage

    Grenergy has secured long-term UK storage revenues across four projects. The NESO-backed contracts give the developer a 190 MW / 760 MWh platform in the British capacity market through the end of the decade.


  • Salford grid upgrade hits transformer milestone

    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.


  • STEP fusion moves into West Burton delivery

    Fusion plans at West Burton have moved decisively into delivery. A new government strategy and the appointment of ILIOS bring the STEP programme closer to site redevelopment, supply chain mobilisation, and a prototype fusion plant targeted for operation in 2040.


  • ComAp standardises BESS controls across Central Europe

    ComAp and IBG deployed modular BESS controls for Central Europe.


  • Galetech commits £3m to UK renewables expansion

    Galetech is expanding UK renewable engineering services with £3 million.


  • UK brings forward AR8 clean power auction

    AR8 opens in July 2026, advancing Britain’s next renewables auction.