UK Grid Connection Delays Are Growing - Your Project Timeline Doesn't Have To
A practical insight report for developers, investors and large energy users navigating the UK’s changing electricity connection landscape.
The grid challenge is widely known. What’s less clear is what developers, investors, and large energy users can practically do next — and that’s where our insights report comes in.
Connection delays are now one of the biggest risks facing major UK projects. Timelines are stretching, reinforcement costs are rising, and uncertainty around grid access is slowing investment decisions across energy, infrastructure and real estate.
Many developers are actively searching for ways to reduce grid connection delays, manage rising network charges, and secure power through alternative connection models. In this report, we’ve gathered insights from our senior leaders at Eclipse to help guide those next steps.
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How Developers Can Reduce Grid Connection Delays and Risk
While no individual project can remove every system constraint, a more informed and strategic approach to power can:
- Improve project timelines
- Reduce exposure to rising transmission and distribution network charges
- Strengthen investment cases and funding confidence
- Make schemes easier for the network to accommodate
This insight report doesn’t promise shortcuts. It offers clarity on where opportunities exist, where risks are growing, and how electricity connection strategy is becoming a competitive advantage for large developments.
Alternatives to Traditional Grid Connections
As the UK electricity network becomes more constrained, Eclipse are encouraging developers to explore more innovative ways to secure power for projects and critical infrastructure that cannot wait.
This insight report examines how the connection landscape is evolving and what that means for project strategy, including:
- The growing role of Independent Distribution Network Operators (IDNOs)
- When private electricity networks may offer greater flexibility
- How behind-the-meter power solutions, onsite generation and storage can reduce reliance on constrained grid capacity
- Where hidden risks, cost pressures and planning blind spots are emerging
- Why 2026 is shaping up to be a critical year for power-dependent projects
These approaches are becoming increasingly relevant for data centres, industrial users, large mixed-use schemes that need earlier or more predictable access to power.
It’s not a recap of the queue problem. It’s a forward-looking perspective on how to plan, position and prioritise in a changing system.
Power Strategies for Data Centres, Industry and Large Developments
This report is written for large power users whose projects depend on securing significant electricity capacity, including:
- Data centre developers and hyperscale operators seeking faster power connections
- Industrial and manufacturing businesses managing long-term energy cost risk
- Commercial and mixed-use developers planning power-intensive sites
- Renewable and flexible generation projects navigating connection reform
- Infrastructure investors assessing grid-related delivery risk
If grid access, connection cost, or network charges are shaping your project’s risk profile, funding timeline or delivery model — this insight report is designed for you.
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