#UK

Boskalis’ Bokalift1 has installed the first offshore substation platform at Ocean Winds’ 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm.

SP Energy Networks has “futureproofed” the electricity network in northwest England and North Wales.

National Grid has accelerated engineering works to address a bottleneck in connecting low carbon projects to the electricity network in southwest England and Wales.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said the fire started early on Wednesday morning.

UK: EGL1 will see the creation of a 525 kV, 2 GW HVDC subsea transmission cable from Torness in East Lothian, Scotland to Hawthorn Pit in County Durham, England.

National Grid is refurbishing 170 km of overhead power line between Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire, among other projects, as part of its £1 billion annual infrastructure investment.

The assembly and fit-out of the offshore substation platform and jacket foundation for the 1100 MW Inch Cape Offshore Wind has kicked off at the Smulders yard in Wallsend, Newcastle.

Plans for a new 100 km subsea electricity link between Orkney and the Scottish mainland have progressed after a high voltage cables supplier was chosen for the project.

National Grid is accelerating the connection of up to 20GW of clean energy projects to its electricity transmission and distribution networks in England and Wales.

SSEN Transmission chose Burns & McDonnell as the preferred bidder to deliver onshore transmission infrastructure across Scotland.

Ofgem has officially approved the Argyll and Kintyre electricity network upgrades.

A battery storage facility which will hold enough electricity to power more than 100,000 homes for two hours has officially gone live in Sandwell.

SP Energy Networks is investing around £24m in its electricity transmission network across its service area in Scotland to prepare for increased uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps.

SSEN Transmission has energized the new Abernethy Substation extension which will facilitate the connection of up to 50 MW of renewable energy.

Fire crews in Cornwall were called out on Tuesday night after a tractor collided with a high voltage electricity transformer.

White Cross Offshore Windfarm Limited, a joint venture between Cobra and Flotation Energy, has submitted its onshore planning application.

Views are being sought over a new power line planned from Wales to Shropshire, which will connect a new windfarm near Powys to the National Grid via Lower Frankton.

The launch of this AI technology is expected to bring enhancements to Lucy Electric’s GridKey grid monitoring and fault detection solutions.

UK, London: The UK has hit a major milestone as we pass the one trillionth kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity generated from renewable energy sources.

UK, Bristol: The first PV solar array connected directly to the power transmission network in the UK was energised this week.

UK, Manchester: Using biodegradable, fire-safe ester-based insulating fluids in electrical transformers can directly contribute to greener, more efficient, more reliable and less expensive data centre…

UK, Scotland: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. has announced a plan to establish a power cable factory in Scotland, UK.

National Grid and Linxon have announced the start of construction of a new HV substation at Bengeworth Road, within the $1.24 B London Power Tunnels Project.

Tennet and National Grid plan to build the first-of-its-kind electricity link that will connect offshore wind between the UK and the Netherlands.