GLOBALGRID2050

An open grid development, engineering, procurement, construction and operations platform dedicated to documenting, analysing and improving the world's electrical energy systems as they undergo rapid electrification.

DesignSolar Design StudioWalk, fly and design on real terrainExploreGridAtlasExplore the electricity networkMarketsElectricity Market IntelligenceGB electricity markets and generationLearnCable EngineeringAC and DC cable guides and tools

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01Solar Design StudioWalk, fly and design on real terrain

Walk and fly over real ground from Environment Agency LiDAR, then design on it. The GIS, SLD & Financial Sandbox remains available among the earlier releases.

Open Solar Design Studio →
↣Electrical Scene ExplorerSolar Design Studio drawing prototype

Explore an illustrative electrical scene in 3D, inspect array geometry and follow modelled cable routes. Prototype, not a surveyed site or approved engineering design.

Open drawing prototype →
↣Energy Transition SimulatorSolar farming with power grids, on real UK ground (preview)

Walk and fly anywhere in the UK over measured Environment Agency LiDAR, streamed where you arrive. Tables, trenches, lines and stations are modelled on the satellite and labelled as measured, documented or estimated. A preview, not a surveyed site or an approved engineering design.

Open the simulator preview →
02KuiperThe animated universe of code

Explore patterns across code, text and mathematics, with intended adaptations for drawing and proposal work.

Enter Kuiper →
↣What is the Kuiper?Why the code estate became a mathematical address space

A plain-English explanation of why Kuiper exists, what a Key means, how the placement law works, and how the visualisation is becoming a procedural computational engine.

Read What is the Kuiper? →
↣Learn the KuiperOne circle, one dot, two numbers

Move one dot by changing two numbers: one sets the distance through a square root, the other sets the angle through MOD. Slide or type the numbers to steer the dot onto targets, then link them into one key. Six circle sizes, ending with the Kuiper's own constants. The main screen runs offline.

Open Learn the Kuiper →
↣Kuiper editionsThe estate's verified lines of code, lit on the Kuiper wafer

Every line of every commit of the estate on one wafer, with the verified lines lit as green sparks at their own keys. Tap a spark or pick a row in LINES to read the line and open it on GitHub at its commit, file and line. Each change is a new dated edition; earlier editions stay as they were. See Through, from the same family, has its own entry just below.

Open the Kuiper editions →
↣See to grid connection probabilities iterativelySee Through: from the stars to one substation in 3D

Type the name of a UK substation and press GO. The stars gather into the grid, the real map and satellite view appear inside the circle, and an illustrative 3D model of the substation rises on the real ground, combining mapped features with estimates. About 5,800 mapped substations. An early step toward comparing connection options site by site; no connection probability is calculated today. It now also opens from a Kuiper card's link, straight to the right star. Needs the internet.

Open See Through →
↣Kuiper diaryWhat it is, what it could become, and why it matters now

A short note for anyone meeting the Kuiper for the first time: the two rules behind it, the two things you can open today, where it could go, and how it may help with grid connection in the UK.

Read the diary →
03GridAtlasExplore the electricity network

Optional UK lightning overlay (observed optical flashes, 12-month history) with the nearest substations and REPD projects, plus a Potential offtakers layer (industry, power stations, data centres) linked to the 15 nearest REPD projects.

Open GridAtlas →
04VENTUS Grid EngineDrawing, topology and network experiments

Explore the grid engines, their drawing tools and existing experiments.

Open VENTUS Grid Engine →
↣Faraday pulseGrid engine experiments

Recorded pulse-propagation and memory experiments; an experiment log.

Open Faraday pulse →
↣DC string drawingGrid engine / DC topology

Open the string-inverter topology workspace.

Open DC string drawing →
↣AC block diagramGrid engine / AC topology

Inspect inverter, skid and ring blocks. This is a block diagram, not an SLD or a complete electrical system.

Open AC block diagram →
↣Deep grid engineGrid engine / dependency map

Explore the engine module and dependency map.

Open Deep grid engine →
05Pipeline NewsFollow renewable energy projects

Explore the project register and follow the renewable energy pipeline.

Open Pipeline News →
06Identity RegistryOne identity. A record you can find.

Permanent asset IDs, scannable labels and preserved history. The first release contains clearly labelled demonstration assets.

Open Identity Registry →
07Electricity Market IntelligenceGB electricity markets and generation

Explore the original V6 electricity dashboards. The backing electricity and price snapshots are dated 18 June 2026; the separate data federation remains in development.

Open Electricity Market Intelligence →
↣Generation historyElectricity market intelligence

Explore the existing generation-history charts.

Open Generation history →
08Metals & Cable PricesCopper, aluminium and cable estimates

Explore historical metal trends and the AC/DC cable estimators. These are historical datasets and dated estimates, not live market quotations.

Open Metals & Cable Prices →
↣LV AC & DC cable estimatesMetals and cable prices

Indicative cable estimates dated 18 June 2026; not live supplier quotations.

Open LV AC & DC cable estimates →
↣33 kV cable estimatesMetals and cable prices

UK DAP cable estimates dated 18 June 2026; not live supplier quotations.

Open 33 kV cable estimates →
09Cable EngineeringAC and DC cable guides and tools

Read the AC cable guide, with DC guidance, conductor resistance, selection and geometry tools below.

Open Cable Engineering →
↣DC cable guideCable engineering

Explore the existing DC cable knowledge pages.

Open DC cable guide →
↣Conductor resistanceCable engineering

Explore the conductor-resistance reference.

Open Conductor resistance →
↣Cable selectionCable engineering

Open the existing cable-selection tool.

Open Cable selection →
↣Cable geometry visualiserCable engineering

Explore cable geometry in the existing visual workspace.

Open Cable geometry visualiser →
Archive: app catalogue

App catalogue

All apps and their current versions. Select an app to open it.
AppTypeAreaVersion
Kuiperkuiper
engine

Intended purpose: Help humans and LLM-assisted workflows isolate patterns across code, text and mathematics, supporting faster iteration and discovery. Intended adaptations include GIS drawing, design studios and construction proposals.

For: humans, LLM-assisted workflows

Intended roles: pattern-exploration, design-studio, drawing-workspace, proposal-authoring

Recorded evidence: The catalogue records a current Kuiper workspace and an earlier one-wafer release; this does not establish automated LLM integration.

View evidence
The animated universe of code
20 September 2026
Operative20 September 2026202609200300
Archived19 September 2026 - one wafer202609191255-one-wafer
What is the Kuiper?what-is-kuiper
reference

Intended purpose: Explain why Kuiper exists, what its Keys represent, how its deterministic placement law works, and how the visualisation can develop into a procedural computational environment.

For: developers, grid researchers, learners

Why the code estate became a mathematical address space
4 October 2026
Operative4 October 202620261004-explainer
Learn the Kuiperlearn-the-kuiper
application

Intended purpose: Explore square roots and MOD through two linked numbers and a moving dot, and compare the square-root-of-key exercise with the live Kuiper rule, whose radius is the square root of key plus a half.

For: learners, developers, grid researchers

One circle, one dot, two numbers
5 October 2026 (one dot, two numbers)
Archived5 October 2026 (version 3)20261005-v3
Archived4 October 2026 (initial)20261004-initial
Kuiper editionskuiper-editions
application

Intended purpose: Find the estate's verified lines of code on the Kuiper wafer, each placed at its own key and linked to its repository, commit, file and line, with every dated edition kept unchanged as history.

For: developers, grid researchers, learners

The estate's verified lines of code, lit on the Kuiper wafer
Edition 4 - 1 November 2026
ArchivedEdition 1 - 31 October 2026202610311905
ArchivedEdition 2 - 1 November 2026202611010114
ArchivedEdition 3 - 1 November 2026202611012022
OperativeEdition 4 - 1 November 2026202611012027
See to grid connection probabilities iterativelysee-through
application

Intended purpose: Explore mapped substation records through illustrative 3D models that distinguish mapped features from estimated equipment, supporting questions about connection options without calculating their probability or feasibility.

For: grid researchers, developers, learners

See Through: from the stars to one substation in 3D
2 November 2026
Archived5 October 202620261005-0609
Operative2 November 2026202611020012
Kuiper diarykuiper-diary
reference

Intended purpose: Explain in plain words what the Kuiper is, what Learn the Kuiper and See Through do, what they could become, and how they may help with grid connection.

For: learners, grid researchers, developers

What it is, what it could become, and why it matters now
5 October 2026
Operative5 October 202620261005-diary
GridAtlasgridatlas
application

Intended purpose: Explore electricity-network sites, layers and connections.

For: network researchers, project developers

Explore the electricity network
V9.188 - 31 October 2026
ArchivedV9.156 - 24 September 2026202609241334
ArchivedV9.172 - 28 October 2026202610281340
ArchivedV9.186 - 29 October 2026202610291044
OperativeV9.188 - 31 October 2026202610312138
VENTUS Grid Engineventus-grid-engine
engine

Intended purpose: Bring together drawing, topology and network experiments for energy-system development.

For: developers, network researchers

Drawing, topology and network experiments
Current workspace
OperativeCurrent workspaceexisting-workspace
Faraday pulsefaraday-pulse
engine

Intended purpose: Investigate pulse propagation and memory through recorded experiments.

For: developers, researchers

Recorded evidence: The linked destination is an experiment log; its recorded experiments are distinct from a production engineering capability.

View evidence
Grid engine experiments
Current workspace
OperativeCurrent workspaceexisting-workspace
DC string drawingdc-string-drawing
drawing

Intended purpose: Explore a string-inverter DC topology drawing workspace.

For: solar designers, learners

Grid engine / DC topology
Current workspace
OperativeCurrent workspaceexisting-workspace
AC block diagramac-block-diagram
drawing

Intended purpose: Inspect inverter, skid and ring blocks as a block diagram, without implying a complete electrical system or SLD.

For: solar designers, learners

Grid engine / AC topology
Current workspace
OperativeCurrent workspaceexisting-workspace
Deep grid enginedeep-grid-engine
reference

Intended purpose: Explore the grid engine's module and dependency map.

For: developers

Grid engine / dependency map
Current workspace
OperativeCurrent workspaceexisting-workspace
Pipeline Newspipeline-news
catalogue

Intended purpose: Find renewable-energy projects and follow the project pipeline.

For: project developers, researchers

Follow renewable energy projects
8 September 2026
Operative8 September 2026202609082224
Solar Design Studiosolar-design-studio
application

Intended purpose: Explore solar and storage modelling through maps, electrical layouts and project economics.

For: solar designers, project developers

Walk, fly and design on real terrain
Energy Transition Simulator preview - 28 September 2026, 21:23
ArchivedV7v7
ArchivedSite world - 26 September 2026world-202609262041
ArchivedSite world v3 - 27 September 2026world-202609270056
ArchivedSite world v3.1 - 27 September 2026world-202609270145
ArchivedSite world v4 - 27 September 2026world-202609270220
ArchivedSite world v5 - 27 September 2026world-202609270330
ArchivedSite world v6 - 27 September 2026world-202609270402
ArchivedSite world v7 - 27 September 2026world-202609270439
ArchivedSite world v8 - 27 September 2026world-202609270524
ArchivedSite world v8.1 - 27 September 2026world-202609271226
ArchivedSite world v9 - 27 September 2026world-202609271552
Electrical Scene Explorerelectrical-scene-explorer
drawing

Intended purpose: Inspect illustrative electrical geometry and modelled cable routes in a browser prototype.

For: drawing reviewers, developers

Intended roles: drawing-workspace

Solar Design Studio drawing prototype
Site world on real terrain - 26 September 2026
ArchivedDrawing prototype - 25 September 2026prototype-20260925
CandidateSite world - 26 September 2026world-202609262200
Energy Transition Simulatorenergy-transition-simulator
application

Intended purpose: Walk and fly real UK ground from streamed LiDAR, with solar tables, trenches and lines modelled on the satellite, to plan solar farming with power grids.

For: solar designers, project developers, landowners

Intended roles: design-studio

Solar farming with power grids, on real UK ground (preview)
Energy Transition Simulator preview - 28 September 2026, 21:23
ArchivedPreview - 28 September 2026, 13:16ets-202609281316
Identity Registryidentity-registry
catalogue

Intended purpose: Find permanent asset identities, scannable labels and preserved history; the first release contains demonstration assets.

For: asset teams, developers

One identity. A record you can find.
25 September 2026 - identity registry
Electricity Market Intelligenceelectricity-market-intelligence
application

Intended purpose: Explore electricity and price dashboards using snapshots dated 18 June 2026, rather than live market data.

For: market researchers, energy analysts

GB electricity markets and generation
Existing workspace
OperativeExisting workspaceexisting-workspace
Generation historygeneration-history
application

Intended purpose: Explore historical electricity-generation charts.

For: energy analysts, learners

Electricity market intelligence
Existing workspace
OperativeExisting workspaceexisting-workspace
Metals & Cable Pricesmetals-cable-prices
application

Intended purpose: Explore historical metal trends and dated cable-cost estimates.

For: cost planners, researchers

Copper, aluminium and cable estimates
Existing workspace
OperativeExisting workspaceexisting-workspace
LV AC & DC cable estimateslv-ac-dc-prices
application

Intended purpose: Explore indicative LV AC and DC cable estimates dated 18 June 2026; these are not live supplier quotations.

For: cost planners, cable designers

Metals and cable prices
Existing workspace
OperativeExisting workspaceexisting-workspace
33 kV cable estimates33kv-cable-prices
application

Intended purpose: Explore indicative UK DAP 33 kV cable estimates dated 18 June 2026.

For: cost planners, cable designers

Metals and cable prices
Existing workspace
OperativeExisting workspaceexisting-workspace
Cable Engineeringcable-engineering
reference

Intended purpose: Learn about AC cables and find related cable guidance and tools.

For: cable designers, learners

AC and DC cable guides and tools
Existing workspace
OperativeExisting workspaceexisting-workspace
DC cable guidedc-cable-guide
reference

Intended purpose: Learn about DC cables through the existing knowledge pages.

For: cable designers, learners

Cable engineering
Existing workspace
OperativeExisting workspaceexisting-workspace
Conductor resistanceconductor-resistance
reference

Intended purpose: Consult information about conductor resistance.

For: cable designers, learners

Cable engineering
Existing workspace
OperativeExisting workspaceexisting-workspace