SP Energy Networks pals with Piclo to primp end-to-end flex
SP Energy Networks has signed a two-year amity deal with platform provider Piclo to enable flex services using its independent marketplace, allowing flex providers...
All driller, no filler: National Grid “not boring“ in south London anymore
The less interesting lower half of Britain’s capital city witnessed at the weekend an end to boring to aid flows of backbone electricity –...
EGL2 mega-connector wins Anglo-Scots planners’ green light
Britain’s biggest current network improvement project, the Eastern Green Link 2 subsea cable running for 291 miles under the North Sea, has secured planning...
“Wir fahren fahren fahren“ auf Cheshire‘s electric autobahns
Drivers across England’s north west can now benefit from a major grid rollout of rapid EV charge points across the region’s busiest motorway services,...
Tory voters “support by 71 to 6” green upgrades to strip UK grids of...
Nearly two-thirds of all Britons - or 64% - support the development of new greening improvements to Britain's electricity grids, designed to speed decarbonisation...
Winser points way to halving connection delays to “mere” seven years
Paying communities & homeowners to accept new power lines, could follow from a radical shake-up released today, intended to free up Britain’s chronically congested...
Pylons, to a T: all of Hinkley C’s new Ts R now in place
National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project has reached another milestone, with the linking up of all 116 of its new T-pylons, designed to replace the...
Switch2 Energy celebrates wins at two industry awards
Yorkshire-based Switch2 Energy, a provider of district and community heating systems, has been honoured with two prestigious awards.
The Shipley-headquartered company’s ICON connected heat interface...
Lobsters magnetised by power cables? Scientists wave their meters
The effects on sealife of magnetic fields caused by electricity cables running on or under the seabed are probed in a new scientific study...
“Move fast, and build things”: NG-ESO unveils 2023 Future Energy Scenarios
Lack of political will, not cash nor technology, is Britain’s drag anchor holding back “the network transformation of our lifetimes”, the boss of power...
SPEN hoists Ensign, flags up Grid’s £10 million “digital twin”
Scots universities & SP Energy Networks are teaming up to develop an AI-enabled ‘digital twin’ of the nation’s power networks.
In a British first, UK...
NG zooms for industry views to speed renewables hook-ups
National Grid ESO has opened its latest round of consultation events, aimed at tapping industry wisdom to speed up connections for new renewables generators.
Over...
SSEN commits £10 billion to offshore links & network upgrades
As many as 20,000 new skilled energy jobs will be created, a major transmission operator claims, following its pledge this week to plug 11GW...
“Largest in generations”: NG seeks partners for £4.5 billion Great Grid Upgrade
National Grid is inviting approaches from key supply chain partners as it attempts to deliver what it calls the "largest overhaul in generations" of...
Octopus floats five-point plan to ease grid connections
Queue-jumping, weeding out legacy upgrades, more collaboration between developers, and a data-driven approach for regional network operators, are among remedies proposed today by Octopus...
Shapps unveils Anglo-Dutch interconnector at North Sea energy summit
A new 1.8GW subsea electricity interconnector, billed as the world’s largest serving multiple users, is to be built between the Netherlands and Britain’s east...
Netcos launch plan to speed connections for renewables
Operators of Britain’s power grids have outlined a three-step blueprint to speed up connections awaited by clean energy developers.
An unprecedented 164GW of connection requests...
Ovo’s demand shifting trial rewards customers with £150k
Electricity supplier Ovo Energy paid out nearly £150k over the winter to customers opting to switch their times of consumption.
Power Move, the challenger retailer’s...
NG fires up Viking cable to Denmark, world’s longest at 475 miles
National Grid has turned on its £1.7 billion Viking subsea power link to Denmark, claiming the 475 miles of the 1.4GW project makes it...
Estuary ingress: Cool new Dartford subber pumps 2GW into 1.5 million homes
A new state-of-the-art 400kV substation at Littlebrook near Dartford is now fully energised, National Grid have confirmed.
The facility enables transmission of up to 2GW...