Electrical Engineering
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Power Electronics has reached 170GW of installed AC power worldwide. The milestone reflects growth across solar, storage, data-centre, and power-conversion applications as grid-forming capability and resilient inverter supply become more central to energy infrastructure.
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Balfour Beatty has secured another major UK grid reinforcement contract. The Bramford project adds circuits, shunt reactors, grid supply points, and controls.
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Solis is broadening its storage offer across European applications segments. Its Intersolar portfolio spans residential, commercial, industrial, and utility-scale systems.
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Smart appliance rules are entering a delivery-sensitive implementation phase now. BEAMA wants a voluntary transition period for SSES product design, certification, testing, and manufacturing cycles.
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Live working could return to Britain’s high-voltage transmission network maintenance. National Grid’s demonstration could reduce outage requirements for selected overhead-line tasks under controlled operating procedures.
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Factory energy storage planning is moving from sizing into simulation. Fraunhofer IWU’s ESiP Analyzer models peak-load reduction, renewable self-consumption, storage investment, and operating strategy.
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National Grid has secured consent for Birkhill Wood substation works. The new 400kV East Yorkshire site will connect future Dogger Bank offshore wind phases and support wider north-south transmission reinforcement.
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UKPN Services will design Sizewell C construction power control systems. The appointment covers SCADA design for the Construction Electrical Supplies network, supporting monitored and remotely controllable power distribution across the nuclear build site.
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DESNZ’s plug-in solar consultation reopens socket-connected generation safety questions nationally. Proposed changes would allow defined products under an interim safety specification.
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Enphase’s IQ9N launch expands Europe’s residential module-level power-electronics range further. The GaN-based unit targets high-power solar panels, panel-level monitoring, and integrated AC conversion.