#UK

UK, Kintore: In Scotland, Omexom UK Major Projects was awarded by SSEN Transmission the contract for the construction of a new 400 kV G3 substation at Kintore.

UK: RWE has selected France-based RTE International as the technical consultant for HVDC systems at the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks’ (SSEN’s) multimillion-pound project is to boost the resilience of Surrey’s power supply.

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is using transformational technology to unlock 1.5 GW of network capacity.

Dogger Bank wind farm off the UK coast is to use the first unmanned offshore high voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore substation of 1200 MW capacity.

SP Energy Networks and Siemens are trialling new environmentally friendly ‘clean-air’ technology at one of the former’s electricity substations.

National Grid has successfully delivered a new 178 T transformer, to Sandford substation site, a part of the Hinkley Connection Project.

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.