Digitalisation
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Balkan transmission operators are warning grids must match renewables growth. Regional priorities include investment, digital control, storage, coordinated capacity calculation, and cross-border resilience.
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Firm household batteries could support constrained local electricity substations directly. E.ON’s proposal links domestic storage to distribution network operation, local flexibility, and delayed reinforcement.
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Russelectric has highlighted its Advanced Microgrid Controls Solution for critical facilities. The platform integrates transfer switches, switchgear, power controllers, generation assets, storage, PV, and loads to support resilient facility power management.
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Austrian Power Grid is progressing its €140m Ernsthofen substation upgrade. The project includes 220kV switchgear renewal, three new 220/110kV transformers, and a fully digitised regional control room supporting Austria’s transmission operation.
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E.ON invested €1.4bn during the first quarter of 2026 while confirming its full-year outlook. The spending underlines the continuing scale of European network modernisation as electrification, grid digitalisation, and connection growth reshape energy infrastructure.
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Versinetic is strengthening ISO 15118 support for charger manufacturers.
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Portugal’s renewable build-out is being constrained by grid capacity.
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Austria may need more than €68bn of grid investment by 2040 as renewable electricity targets, regional network constraints, electrification, and system flexibility requirements reshape its energy infrastructure.
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AMPACIMON has been selected for a National Grid dynamic line rating sensor rollout covering part of the UK transmission network, with DRONE VOLT expected to install sensors on live high-voltage lines using LineDrone technology.
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BayWa r.e. will operate Germany’s largest planned battery storage system.