Energy
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Energy Dome has advanced Ireland’s first commercial CO2 Battery project. The 23MW / 200MWh Offaly system will supply Google under a bilateral offtake arrangement.
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European ministers have moved grid reforms into formal legislative talks. The package would reshape planning, permitting, congestion revenue, interconnection, and resilience rules across the EU.
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GRIDSERVE’s charging network has reached a commercial scale milestone point. The company reported £64m of charging-network revenue in 2025, positive group EBITDA, 99% availability, and continued expansion across ultra-rapid bays and strategic road-network sites.
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ContourGlobal has entered UK storage through a Scottish acquisition deal. The company has acquired the 500MW/2,000MWh Wallace BESS project in Ayr, adding a consented grid-scale storage asset with Gate 2 status to its portfolio.
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Balfour Beatty has secured Netherton Hub’s main works package contract. The £325m two-year SSEN Transmission contract covers earthworks and civil infrastructure for two substations, three HVDC converter stations, an operations base, and associated facilities.
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National Grid has energised another Hinkley Connection Project section milestone. The work brings 44km of overhead line between Sandford and Seabank into service, strengthening south-west transmission capacity as the wider 57km route moves toward completion.
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Western Link 2 has entered its first public consultation phase. National Grid and SP Energy Networks are proposing a 2GW Scotland-Wales HVDC connection, combining offshore cable, underground cable, a new converter station, and Pentir substation works.
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LionLink is moving further into formal investment and delivery planning. The hybrid DC interconnector would link Dutch offshore wind infrastructure with Dutch and UK onshore high-voltage systems, combining generation export and cross-border electricity exchange.
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Elmed now moves into the practical converter-station delivery phase programme. The supplier will provide HVDC technology for the 600MW Italy-Tunisia link, including valves, controls, transformers, switchgear, studies, installation supervision, and commissioning.
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NESO’s first summer margin notice exposed changing electricity adequacy risks. The warning was cancelled after sufficient capacity became available.