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The UK grid currently faces many constraints, but new research from Savills has suggested that the picture isn’t exactly universal.
Downing Renewable Developments has agreed to develop, build and operate a 40MW solar farm to supply Kao Data’s colocation campus in Harlow.
Eclipse Power Group is set to acquire Vattenfall Networks Ltd, with the deal set to create one of the UK’s largest IDNOs.
National Grid DSO says smarter outage planning spared 450GWh of curtailed generation between April and September 2025.
National Grid has begun an upgrade of its Didcot substation in Oxfordshire to connect new data centres and 650MW of battery energy storage.
UK Power Networks has signed up as a strategic partner of the Data Centre Alliance, becoming the first distribution network operator to do so.
With BP and Shell cooling on renewables, Mike Torbitt of Cressall argues the real battleground is grid infrastructure.
As electrification accelerates and energy demand decouples, Frederic Godemel calls for a pivot to distributed energy to avoid costly delays.
The UK Government has rejected claims that it is preparing to row back on its pledge to source 95% of electricity from clean power by 2030.
UK Power Networks has vowed to cut traffic delays as a result of its need to close roads for essential electrical works – thanks to this new software.
