NeuConnect names Supercharge as its Market Integration Platform provider, powering cross-border energy trading on the first UK–Germany interconnector and supporting Europe’s energy security at scale.
NeuConnect – the first direct energy link under construction between the UK and Germany – has appointed Supercharge as its Market Integration Platform provider. The platform will play a crucial customer-facing role in NeuConnect’s cross-border operations, enabling energy traders to nominate cross-border transmission rights between the UK and Germany. The appointment of Supercharge – one of Europe’s fastest-growing tech companies specialising in digital solutions for energy operations and trading – is another important step for NeuConnect as the project puts in place key IT systems and processes ahead of the start of operations.
Led by global investors Meridiam, Allianz, Kansai Electric Power and TEPCO, the £2.4bn/€2.8bn NeuConnect project will be one of the world’s largest interconnectors with 725km of land and subsea cables forming an ‘invisible energy highway’ to connect two of Europe’s largest energy markets for the first time. The UK-German link will allow 1.4GW of electricity – enough to power up to 1.5 million homes – to flow in either direction, helping to boost energy security and integrate renewable energy sources on a European scale.
With major construction on NeuConnect well-underway, the project is starting to look ahead to the start of trial operations towards the end of 2027 and full operations in 2028. In 2025, NeuConnect appointed JAO as the project’s provider for auctioning cross-border transmission capacity and the project is continuing to put in place key systems to ensure that market participants can purchase and use NeuConnect’s capacity.
In an important operational milestone for NeuConnect, Supercharge has now been appointed to provide:
A customer-facing Market Integration Platform
- NeuConnect’s agreement with Supercharge covers the design, build, testing, and implementation of the Market Integration Platform, followed by the ongoing operation and maintenance of the system
- The platform will serve as the main customer interface for market participants, enabling the nomination of transmission rights allocated via JAO at all timeframes
- Along with the operations and maintenance of the Market Integration Platform, Supercharge will also provide a 24/7 Helpdesk to ensure a robust and reliable service, and support market participants’ queries
An experienced, innovative approach
- Having worked on a series of major energy projects (including two other UK interconnectors), Supercharge offers a unique track record in creating software to maximise the efficiency of critical energy infrastructure
- Supercharge’s work on the NeuConnect platform will also build in further innovations above and beyond the systems typically used on other interconnectors, including functionality to calculate power flows which ensures a close alignment with control room processes
An important first-step in a long-term customer journey
- With contracts now signed, NeuConnect and Supercharge are now working through a detailed ‘discovery phase’ to capture NeuConnect’s and market participants’ requirements into design specifications, and to work on the customer journey for the new Market Integration Platform
- As part of this, NeuConnect and Supercharge will jointly attend the Europe’s leading energy trade fair E-World in Essen, Germany next month, offering a further chance to discuss and develop the NeuConnect’s market and operational plans with key industry audiences