National Grid

(IN BRIEF) National Grid has launched a six-week consultation to help shape the North London Reinforcement Community Fund, which will make more than £3.5 million available to communities across London and Hertfordshire. Residents, businesses and community organisations are being invited … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) National Grid has launched the North West London Upgrade, a major electricity transmission project designed to strengthen network resilience, increase capacity and support future economic growth across North West London and surrounding areas. The programme spans from Sundon … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais is preparing Portugal’s National Electric System for the effects of the nearly total solar eclipse expected on 12 August 2026. The eclipse is forecast to reduce centralised solar generation by around 450 MW, … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) RWE U.S. Offshore has reached a US $1.22 billion settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior to resolve claims against the U.S. government and relinquish offshore wind leases in the New York Bight, off California, and … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is providing a new €50 million loan to Kyiv, matching earlier lending in 2024, to help Ukraine’s capital maintain essential municipal services and address the impact of Russia’s ongoing war. The … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) ORLEN’s CCGT Grudziądz combined cycle gas turbine power plant has delivered its first electricity to Poland’s national grid, marking a key commissioning milestone. Once operational, the plant is expected to supply electricity to around one million households and … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) The UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure has inaugurated the Emirates Monitoring Center, the country’s first national facility for real-time monitoring of its integrated power network. The Center links all four UAE electricity utilities: Emirates Water and Electricity … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) AFRY has been appointed Owner’s Engineer for a 70 MWac / 78 MWp solar photovoltaic project being developed by Linglingay Power Corporation, a HEXA Renewables project company, in Gamu, Isabela, in the Philippines. The 76-hectare facility will connect … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) Baltic Power, Poland’s first offshore wind farm, has reached its final construction stage after 50 of its planned 76 turbines were installed in the Baltic Sea. The ORLEN Group and Northland Power project has completed all 78 foundations … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) National Grid has installed and connected new shunt reactors at three substations — Cottam in Nottinghamshire, Wylfa on Anglesey and Willington in Derbyshire — to improve voltage control and strengthen the stability of the electricity transmission network. The … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) National Grid has secured more than £1 million from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund to advance five electricity network innovation projects across its transmission and distribution businesses. The projects address major challenges facing the UK energy system, including rising … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) AFRY has been awarded a contract by Moreau to provide detailed engineering services for the 53 MWp San Camilo solar project in Chile’s Atacama Region. The project represents the first phase of a larger renewable energy development that … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) 50Hertz has released its ToOp (Topology Optimizer) software as an open-source tool to support more efficient management of electricity grid congestion across Europe. Developed together with Elia Group and several European transmission system operators, the software uses GPU-based … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies and Nextnorth have reached financial close and begun construction of a 440 MW solar power project in Ilagan City, Philippines, with operations expected by the end of 2027. The project, valued at around $300 million, is jointly … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) EDF and BW ESS have partnered to develop and optimise the first phase of the Hams Hall Battery Energy Storage System in North Warwickshire, a major grid-scale project with a capacity of 350MW / 1,243MWh. The system will … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) EDF is preparing customers in the South East of England for the upcoming Radio Teleswitch Service shutdown starting on 2 March, which will affect around 21,000 households using RTS-controlled heating or hot water systems. The company is offering … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) ORLEN has committed PLN 380 billion over ten years to modernise Poland’s energy system, combining investments in gas supply security, offshore wind, grid expansion and emerging nuclear technologies. The first year has already delivered new gas reserves, LNG … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) National Grid has completed a major upgrade of more than 90 kilometres of overhead transmission lines north of its Harker substation near Carlisle, replacing existing circuits with higher-capacity wires and installing an additional 12-kilometre line to reduce congestion … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) Fugro is conducting detailed nearshore geophysical and geotechnical surveys to support SSEN Transmission’s Western Isles HVDC Link, a project that will transmit up to 1,800 MW of renewable electricity from Scotland’s islands to the UK mainland and strengthen … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) Stagecoach hosted a high-level roundtable at its Nuneaton depot bringing together policymakers, transport operators, and energy experts to examine how the UK can accelerate the transition to zero-emission buses through joined-up decision-making. Convened with Campaign for Better Transport, … Read the full press release →