#UK

UK: Hitachi Energy has announced winning a major order from Ørsted to provide two HVDC systems to transmit green electricity from the Hornsea 3 wind farm.

UK: Northern Powergrid has set a goal of decarbonising its network by 2040, with the distribution network operator now trialling new technologies to help it achieve that goal.

UK, Dunfermline: SP Energy Networks has started construction of a new $6.7 M (£5.5 M) substation in Dunfermline – Scotland’s newest city.

UK, Stirling: Plans to build a new substation adjacent to the existing Lochay Power Station in Killin have been given the green light.

UK, Sheffield: Venterra Group Plc, the offshore wind energy services business, has announced the acquisition of Partrac.

UK: The first of two offshore substations has been installed at Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, under construction 15 km off the coast of Fife.

UK, Galloway: SP Energy Networks has led a successful trial to re-energise its electricity network by using pioneering technology.

UK: SP Energy Networks has launched phase two of its FUSION trial in St Andrews, East Fife, using flexibility services to balance constraints on the electricity network.

Morocco: Octopus Energy Group and Xlinks are to build a subsea interconnector cable to deliver 3.6 GW of renewable energy from Morocco to the United Kingdom.

UK, Scotland: SP Energy Networks has successfully completed a $7.3 M (£60 M) investment project to modernise and reinforce the electricity network in Ayrshire and Southwest Scotland.

UK: The first of several transformers that will enable the transmission of electricity from the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm has been delivered.

UK: Collett’s new 250 T capacity Goldhofer girder bridge takes on its first project transporting a super grid transformer to the National Grid’s substation.

UK, Lerwick: The project to connect Shetland to the GB transmission network has stepped up a gear.

UK, Leeds: Schneider Electric, the leader in energy management and automation, has launched the 2nd generation Metalclad Distribution Substation.

UK, Littlebrook: National grid has reached a major milestone in the development of the new Littlebrook substation with the successful energisation.

UK, Loughborough: Jane Hunt, MP for Loughborough, has recently visited the manufacturing facility to discuss the company’s work for WPD’s Take Charge project.

UK, Scotland: SSEN Transmission has outlined progress to date in delivering a whole system strategy for the north of Scotland.

UK, Kinardochy: A major milestone has been reached in the construction of a new electricity substation in rural Perthshire.

Germany: Siemens Energy and the NeuConnect consortium will supply a HVDC transmission system for the first power link between Great Britain and Germany.

UK: GE Digital has announced that National Grid Electricity System Operator has deployed the company’s ground-breaking solution.

UK: Energy utilities in the UK have now set their eyes on the education sector as the new target for the rollout plans of their EV chargers.

UK: SSEN Transmission has submitted to the energy regulator, Ofgem, proposals to reinforce the Argyll transmission network to 275 kV operation.

United Kingdom, London: National Grid Electricity System Operator has been awarded a Strategic Innovation Fund grant to support its Common Framework Project.

UK: SP Energy Networks has been given the green light to progress with $16 M (£1.2 M) worth of projects to tackle some of the UK’s biggest network challenges.