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Skeleton has launched a UPS platform for AI data centres. GrapheneUPS is designed to support power protection, grid compliance, and load stability as high-density compute demand grows.
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Finnish DSOs have tested EV charging as distribution flexibility capacity. The pilot used aggregated residential charging loads to assess how household demand response can support local distribution networks.
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Germany’s Förderstedt battery project has secured a long-term revenue structure. Next Kraftwerke and ECO STOR will use a hybrid tolling and merchant model for the 300MW/700MWh asset.
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A 245kV vacuum breaker project has entered pilot development phase. Siemens Energy’s LIFE BLUE development uses clean air insulation and vacuum switching as Europe tightens rules on high-voltage F-gas equipment.
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Polish renewable sites have exposed sharper battery storage cybersecurity risks. The incident affected communications and control visibility across around 30 wind and solar sites, sharpening scrutiny of operational resilience, protection architecture, and insurance coverage.
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Britain’s next distribution price control is testing network resilience policy. Ofgem has tightened ED3 business planning rules, while direct financial incentives for climate and network resilience remain contested.
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Ipsum has expanded its electricity distribution framework portfolio in Scotland. The five-year SHEPD contract covers overhead line services across Argyll and the West, including construction, maintenance, refurbishment, emergency response, and enabling works.
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SSEN Transmission has selected Jacobs for major strategic grid frameworks. The work covers operational technology cybersecurity, substation design, digital services, and AI-enabled tools across the north of Scotland transmission network.
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ENOVA has completed its largest German wind repowering project yet. The Meppen wind farm replaces older turbines with nine Vestas V172 machines, lifting output while reducing turbine count at the Lower Saxony site.
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Nordseecluster A has cleared another German offshore wind certification milestone successfully. DNV’s third BSH release confirms design, installation, operation, and decommissioning planning compliance before turbine installation begins in the North Sea.