Digitalisation
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Romania has formalised payments for voluntary electricity demand reduction services. Eligible consumers, suppliers, and aggregators can offer dispatchable load reductions through a regulated system-service mechanism.
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iON+ and ACCURE have formalised a battery data partnership agreement. High-frequency BESS information will feed ACCURE analytics, with corrected energy estimates returned for use in dispatch and trading.
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PG&E expands bidirectional charging programme across more vehicles and partners. New approved combinations widen access to home backup, flexible charging, and controlled grid export through electric-vehicle batteries.
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UC San Diego will test solid-state transformers for AI loads. The $8.48 million demonstration combines medium-voltage-to-DC conversion with flexible computing controls and utility planning at an operational supercomputer facility.
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A cyberattack reportedly shut a small UK gas peaker temporarily. The unidentified roughly 15MW facility was offline for four days, while government and NCSC work on broader energy-sector cyber resilience continues.
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Eaton and Singapore Polytechnic are expanding 800VDC engineering skills programmes. The collaboration brings emerging data-centre power architectures into technical education as higher AI rack densities increase electrical distribution requirements.
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National Grid is reinforcing London’s network for major demand growth. Five Hertfordshire data centres representing around 1GW of load are driving new substations, cables, and overhead-line upgrades.
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European AI data centres are moving farther from major cities. Grid availability, connection speed, and powered-land costs are increasingly determining where hyperscale computing infrastructure can be delivered.
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Cummins will supply battery storage for a major data centre. The project will use BESS to manage AI-driven load fluctuations, reduce oscillations, and improve ride-through performance at the utility interconnection.
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Harmony Energy has energised its Skeeby battery storage project successfully. The 35MW/70MWh North Yorkshire system uses Tesla Megapacks and has moved into live commissioning ahead of full commercial operation.