Energy
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UKAEA has published a new operating roadmap to 2030 today. The strategy sets research, engineering, facilities, skills, and supply-chain targets for the national fusion laboratory.
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Brussels has advanced another wave of strategic cross-border energy schemes. The new PCI and PMI list spans electricity grids, offshore infrastructure, hydrogen, and CO₂ transport.
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Two standards bodies are tightening the utility-to-edge data interface now. The agreement links smart meter data structures with flexibility and distributed energy signalling at the grid edge.
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Britain’s SMR programme has moved into formal contracted delivery work. The agreement starts site-specific design, planning, and regulatory engagement for the UK’s first small modular reactor projects.
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Europe’s wind fleet is approaching a major asset-renewal cycle now. Operators are moving towards decisions on repowering, lifetime extension, and decommissioning across older sites.
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NERC is monitoring the grid after a PLC threat warning. The advisory described Iranian-affiliated activity targeting internet-exposed industrial control systems across critical infrastructure sectors, including energy.
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EDF has unveiled a €240 million electrification support programme today. The package combines truck charging, industrial connection support, and heat pump incentives under a wider French electrification push.
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March pushed Europe’s power transition into the business of delivery. Grid access, procurement, building standards, flexibility markets, and contractor competence all moved closer to the centre of the energy conversation.
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InfraVia has merged Mercia Power Response and Balance Power into Supernova Power, creating a UK flexible power platform spanning operating assets, battery development, and energy management.
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SP Energy Networks has started a five-year transmission upgrade across central and southern Scotland, combining new substations, line upgrades, cable replacement, and supply-chain contracts under its RIIO-T3 plan.