#UK

UK, Wishaw: SP Energy Networks has successfully completed a $39 M (£28 M) refurbishment to its Wishaw substation.

UK, Billericay: UK-based Xlinks company is planning to build 10.5 GW of wind and solar complex in Morocco.

Tekmar has won a contract award to supply its cable protection systems for the 242 MW Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

SP Energy Networks has successfully completed a $26.7 M (£17 M) upgrade to the Strathaven 275 kV substation in South Lanarkshire.

UK, Guernsey, St Peter Port: TRIG has announced acquisition of Grönhult, a 67.2 MW ready-to-build onshore wind farm located in the southwest of Sweden.

Vattenfall has selected Siemens Energy Global GmbH, and Aker Solutions to develop grid infrastructure for 3.6 GW Norfolk offshore wind zone.

UK, Suffolk, Swaffham: A $4.1 M (£3 M) electricity project, has upgraded electricity supplies for 15,000 customers on the Suffolk / Norfolk border.

UK, Glasgow: Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC) will be part of a revolutionary design and trial of next generation digital substations.

The British Cryogenics Council (BCC) issued news on endorsing and supporting Transformers Magazine edition on Superconductivity.

UK, London: The UK Government has issued development consent for Ørsted to construct the Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm.

UK, London: Transmission Capital Partners consortium now has to provide necessary arrangements.

GWEC and Informa Markets have announced a series of wind power and energy transition events from 2021 onwards.

UK, London: Ofgem has confirmed a major investment program into Britain’s energy infrastructure.

UK, Dover: Megger announces to have acquired electrical certification company Vespula Ltd, based in the UK.

Phoenix project trials of the world’s first hybrid solution begin in Scotland.

Leeds-based Winder Power has been commissioned to design, build and install two transformers to supply power to two tunnel boring machines at New Cross, London.

The UK has achieved the world’s first blade walk by a robot on an offshore wind turbine, thanks to BladeBUG and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult.

National Grid’s Viking Link has started construction on its UK converter station at Bicker Fen in Lincolnshire with Siemens Energy.

UK, Leads: Heavy lifting services company, Collet & Sons Ltd, transported three transfomers for company Winder Power Group

Centrica’s Cornwall Local Energy Market (LEM) flexibility trial has completed, involving over 200 homes and businesses trading stored renewable electricity.

UK: Utility installs S&C’s TripSaver® II Cutout-Mounted Recloser at 10 sites throughout its service territory.

ReneSola Ltd and Novergy announced they have entered into a strategic partnership to co-develop utility-scale projects in the UK.

UK, Newcastle: Siemens Energy is to install innovative grid stabilisation technology equipped with a Sensformer® unit.

AfDB and EnergyNet, organisers of the AEF, have created the ‘African Utility of Future’ competition enabling teams to compete for a $5,000 prize.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is contributing to National Grid’s interconnector, IFA2, the second direct current electrical interconnector between Britain and France.

Wilson Power Solutions are now able to service UK network competitive connection projects utilising SSE, UKPN and SPEN approved transformers.

UK, Bedfordshire, Sandy: UK-based transformer manufacturer announced to expand its Sandy, Bedfordshire factory

The last the Moray East substations left the fabrication yard and sailed away to its offshore location in the UK North Sea over the weekend.