Energy
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Amprion has secured expanded financing for German transmission grid investment. The €6.5bn green revolving credit facility strengthens liquidity as high-voltage reinforcement, offshore grid connections, and large-scale network expansion move deeper into delivery.
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Ofgem has advanced Britain’s first long-duration storage selection window programme. Sixteen projects have been provisionally selected across pumped hydro, compressed air, lithium-ion, and flow battery technologies.
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ENEVO will deliver a major Romanian grid-scale battery storage project. The 110MW / 220MWh Drăgănești-Olt system includes BESS infrastructure and a high-voltage substation.
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Enedis has mobilised emergency crews during France’s severe heatwave conditions. More than 1,000 technicians supported restoration after distribution outages affected around 50,000 customers.
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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.