Centrica’s £65m strengthens Gresham’s & UKIB’s joint pledge on storage
Manager of green energy assets Gresham House and the state-owned UK Infrastructure Bank have confirmed their six-month old partnership to invest in collocated renewable...
Ofgem fines Drax £6 million for three years of Balancing Mechanism excess claims
Renewables generator Drax has admitted breaches of its licence in relation to unjustified Balancing Mechanism claims made during repeated periods of grid constraint.
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Ofgem greenlights first faster Grid upgrade with up to £2 billion
The first project to proceed under a new fast track approval process designed to expand Britain's grid at speed, has received up to £2...
Ofgem sets out 5 year masterplan to green & decarb UK power
Power markets regulator Ofgem today publishes its latest five-year strategy for Britain’s electricity system. ‘Protect, Build, Change, Deliver’ are its watchwords for speeding delivery...
‘Technical Limits’ slashes 80 months off renewable projects’ hook-up delays, NG claims
Electricity networks in England and Wales have enabled grid connection dates offered to over 200 clean energy projects to be brought forward, the National...
AI second-guesses power cuts on SP’s network
Artificial intelligence has made its operational debut on a British electricity grid.
Distributed switches & cables managers SP Energy Networks are claiming a UK first...
Homes “to get paid to dial down”: NG-ESO mulls paid load shifting for households
Britain’s backbone power operator is reportedly pondering paying domestic users to dial down demand at peak hours this winter, in a bid to stave...
NG speeds 175 clean power connections with £90m upgrade on single link
A £90 million upgrade of one West Country power line will now bring forward connections for 175 clean energy ventures by as much as...
Now UKPN trumpets its speed-up of new renewables connections
UK Power Networks, England’s biggest distribution network operator, is the latest to put numbers to accelerated connection of new low carbon assets across its...
Northern Powergrid’s communications ‘completely unacceptable’ after Storm Arwen, says minister
Communications with its customers by Northern Powergrid, the DNO with at least 1,600 homes left still unconnected ten days after Storm Arwen devastated northern...
Supergrid transformer to be delivered to new Monk Fryston substation
An essential piece of equipment is due to be delivered to an electricity substation under construction in Monk Fryston on Sunday 17 August 2025.
Transformers...
Energy networks lay to rest 10GW of “zombie” connection projects
Electricity network operators have abolished 10GW of so-called “zombie” projects since the launch of ENA’s Strategic Connections Group, freeing up vital grid capacity, figures...
National Grid Electricity Distribution supports local authorities in planning for a decarbonised future
The Distribution System Operator (DSO) of National Grid Electricity Distribution is sharing its future network development plans with all local authorities in the South...
SP Energy Networks pockets smidgeon south of £1mill to boost grid by 20%-plus
Scottish Power Energy Networks has been awarded just south of £1million from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund to progress two innovative projects.
The grid operator’s Blade...
2022’s grid is UK’s second greenest ever, as wind output beats 20GW
Renewable sources set new records for UK electricity generation last year, beaten only by 2020’s year of peak lockdown.
Wind, hydro and solar together accounted...
Ofgem convenes English mayors in quest of better local grid planning
Seven Metro Mayors and leaders of major English cities were among civic chiefs convened by Ofgem’s CEO Jonathan Brearley in a bid to spur...
Reactive Technologies and NESO expand partnership with GB-wide oscillation monitoring
Reactive Technologies (RTL) and National Energy System Operator (NESO) have partnered to deploy live oscillation detection and monitoring in Great Britain’s electricity control room,...
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...
Schneider Electric launches One Digital Grid Platform in UK & Ireland
Schneider Electric has launched its One Digital Grid Platform to the UK and Ireland market. Following its first announcements earlier this year in the...
“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...