Digitalisation
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Europe is formalising Mediterranean power infrastructure through new investment structures. T-MED covers renewables, smart grids, interconnectors, storage, cybersecurity, hydrogen corridors, and clean-tech value chains.
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Energy network innovation funding is targeting digital, cyber, and flexibility. The latest SIF awards support 18 projects across three development phases.
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Power-to-X grid access is moving beyond bespoke project studies alone. A Danish project will test validated models for electrolysis-heavy systems, focusing on harmonics, disturbances, and network interaction.
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EDF is widening flexibility access for asset-metered distributed technologies nationwide. P483 allows eligible devices on standard-metered sites to join flexibility markets through dedicated asset meters.
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EU ministers have backed stronger port electrification and grid integration. The conclusions put onshore power, smart grids, and permitting at the centre of future port infrastructure.
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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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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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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.