Energy
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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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National Grid’s Thames electricity tunnel has reached its halfway point. Tunnel boring machine Caroline has excavated more than 1.1km beneath the river as the Grain to Tilbury reinforcement advances.
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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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Korkia has sold a 125MW Finnish battery project to Enlight. The ready-to-build Kukonkylä scheme gives the buyer a transmission-connected storage asset as Finland’s utility-scale battery market expands.
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Dama Solar has secured final approval for construction in Romania. The 1.2GW project is moving through financing and procurement ahead of planned commercial operation in 2028.
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Portugal is targeting 3GW of battery storage capacity by 2030. New procurement, grid investment, and a developing national storage strategy are intended to accelerate flexibility deployment alongside renewable generation.
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Capital Dynamics has acquired a 170MW Irish battery storage project. The four-hour Knockanure development will connect at 110kV as Ireland prepares for substantially greater long-duration flexibility.
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Czechia’s largest battery storage plant has now entered commercial operation. The 57MW/120MWh Lipnice installation adds new balancing and trading capability as the Czech power system opens more fully to standalone storage.
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Unibep has secured preferred-bidder status for Grudziądz solar-thermal storage works. Its PLN103.7 million gross proposal combines a collector field with integrated heat storage at the city’s Łąkowa combined heat and power plant.