Digitalisation
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Slovakia’s distribution networks gain further EIB funding for modernisation works. The latest €50 million tranche lifts the package to €400 million for lines, substations, transformers, smart meters, and automation.
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New Zealand’s regulator has opened consultation on a grid-frequency event. Its draft finding attributes the October 2025 incident to system-operator omissions involving outage assessment and voltage-angle conditions.
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Everything-to-grid technology could turn distributed assets into coordinated grid resources. The WEF says vehicles, buildings, batteries, and industrial loads could provide flexibility, although standards, market rules, and cybersecurity remain substantial barriers.
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Veolia will operate Ohio’s 350MW grid-independent data centre microgrid project. The system combines on-site generation, linear generators, 430MWh of batteries, and medium-voltage infrastructure.
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AVK has appointed new leadership across its critical power services. Andrew Chilcott will oversee standby generation, modular PowerPods, and prime power microgrid support.
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ZIEHL’s UFR1002IP adds networked diagnostics to modern grid protection systems. The device combines voltage and frequency monitoring with remote configuration, event records, and field updatable software.
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Engineers have raised concerns about Britain’s electricity balancing capabilities internally. The allegations follow the 23 June system event and focus on forecasting, control-room visibility, and the tools used to manage increasingly complex operating conditions.
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Quantum models are being tested against conventional electricity demand forecasting. E.ON and WISER used 103 anonymised smart-meter time series to examine hybrid quantum-classical approaches, with mixed results on simulation and live hardware.
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Enexis will reinforce Dutch distribution networks through substantial new investment. The €500m financing supports 4,600km of cables, transformer stations, higher-capacity connections, and digital network-management systems across five provinces.
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Cirrus Logic is expanding Scottish engineering for smart metrology systems. A Scottish Enterprise grant supports high-accuracy energy measurement technology for metering, charging, storage, data centres, and grid monitoring.