NKT has signed its largest ever power cable contract yet. The more than €2.2bn Eastern Green Link 3 award covers a 525 kV HVDC system that will move up to 2 GW between Scotland and England.
February forced Europe’s electrification push into a harsher delivery phase. Grid access, storage integration, and installer competence moved closer to the centre of risk across the UK and Europe.
TotalEnergies and AllianzGI are scaling battery storage across Germany fast. Their €500 million partnership covers 11 projects totalling 789 MW and 1,628 MWh, with commissioning scheduled by 2028 as battery storage takes a firmer role in German grid operations.
National Grid is pushing UK transmission spending further upwards again. The utility has added £10 billion to its five-year framework, taking planned capital investment to at least £70 billion by FY31, with UK electricity transmission at the centre of the expansion.