Digitalisation
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National Grid Electricity Distribution has published its latest Network Development Plan, setting out a ten-year view of distribution-network development, headroom, constraint management, flexibility, and reinforcement as electricity demand and low-carbon connections increase.
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Energy Networks Association has developed a common flexibility dispatch standard with Elexon, NESO, and the OpenADR Alliance, using OpenADR 3.1 to support interoperable flexibility services across Britain’s electricity networks.
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SP Energy Networks and Keen AI have launched IConn, a digital tool designed to speed up early-stage transmission connection assessments by modelling routes, capacity, costs, power flows, and technical constraints in seconds.
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MFG EV Power has activated Hubject Plug&Charge across around 2,000 UK rapid and ultra-rapid charge points using ISO 15118 authentication.
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National Grid is expanding dynamic line rating technology across 585km of transmission routes in England and Wales to increase usable network capacity.
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Sungrow’s iSolarCloud platform has partnered with Frank Energie to aggregate residential PV and storage assets across the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
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A new €600m CEF Energy call has opened for cross-border infrastructure projects across electricity, smart grids, hydrogen, CO₂ networks, and related European energy systems.
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Distribuție Energie Electrică Romania has completed a RON 20.2m electricity distribution upgrade in Buzău County, covering medium- and low-voltage networks, switchgear, transformers, metering, and SCADA integration.
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Ofgem has published the RIIO-3 Network Innovation Allowance governance framework, setting out how eligible network licensees and NESO can administer innovation funding during the new price-control period.
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The European Commission has developed guidance restricting EU-backed energy projects from using inverters supplied by high-risk countries.