Latest coverage on electrification infrastructure, grid connections, EV charging, and energy storage
Ofgem is proposing to expand transmission self-build beyond 2km, giving developers more control over how connection assets are delivered.
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Battery developers are split over Ofgem’s plan to make projects put more money behind grid connection offers.
With demand surging, Eclipse Power’s Charles Deacon explores whether grid reform can unlock the power needed for the UK’s data centre ambitions.
As buildings generate, store and consume power in new ways, Richard Winter explores why electrical safety needs to evolve with electrification.
National Highways has moved a £190 million programme to strengthen electricity connections at motorway service areas closer to procurement.
The Government says its new publicly owned grid investor will speed up connections and increase competition, but how?
Pressure on electricity networks to support UK jobs and skills through procurement could lead to legislation if voluntary action falls short.
Dan Sedgwick argues that electrical safety depends on more than the inspection – the records must survive long enough to support what comes next.
Offgrid Energy Labs and Keele University plan to test a unique zinc-bromine battery produced in the UK.
UK Power Networks says the arrangement at Cobham will allow the EV charging hub to use available network capacity without overloading the network.
