Electrical Engineering
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Quantum Data Energy has energised its 5MW Bordesley power project. G99 compliance is complete, the first gas generating set has synchronised to the grid, and commercial operation remains targeted for Q4.
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atNorth has secured initial power for its Salo data centre. The Finnish campus starts with a 75MW connection and has a route to 230MW as Fingrid manages rapidly growing demand.
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Amprion has raised €1.5bn for Germany’s transmission grid expansion programme. Two new green bond tranches complete its planned 2026 bond funding as capital expenditure accelerates.
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Ireland has raised transmission towers while keeping the line energised. Eleven structures on the Flagford–Louth corridor were lifted by around 2.5 metres as part of a wider 220kV refurbishment.
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Q3 extended the grid, storage and equipment pressures already visible. Connection reform, battery deployment, transformer investment and higher-density data-centre power systems showed how the sector is responding.
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HD Hyundai will build Taean’s 500MW offshore wind substation system. The EPCIC contract covers engineering, procurement, fabrication, offshore installation and commissioning for the South Korean project.
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Kentucky Power plans major transmission works for Muskie’s data campus. A new 765kV substation and parallel 345kV circuits will support up to 1GW of contracted electrical service.
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Project Marinus has entered its main construction phase across Australia. Transmission works are advancing in Tasmania while HVDC cable and converter-station activity ramps up for the Bass Strait interconnector.
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Doble and Megger have completed their electrical asset management merger. The combined ESCO Technologies business brings together portable testing, substation diagnostics, continuous monitoring, software and engineering services.
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Ofgem has approved higher voltage limits across Britain’s 275kV network. The change restores a 10% upper operational tolerance to reduce transmission outage restrictions during reinforcement and maintenance work.