The aid is to support the most vulnerable through two charitable trusts
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Western Link outage and high wind sees constraint cost hit a record
Western Link outage and high wind sees constraint cost hit a record high: The Western Link HVDC suffered an unplanned outage on 10 January, which caused it to remain offline until 8 February. This coincided with record-high levels of wind generation in GB with generation from transmission-connected wind topping 6.3TWh. However, with 2.2GW of HVDC…
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National Grid awards £328m contracts to manage stability of electricity grid
This new approach is expected to save consumers up to £128m over the six-year period
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Ofgem probes National Grid and ScottishPower over subsea cable
The investigation will review the performance of the two organisations in delivering the cable and will consider whether its late delivery means they breached licence conditions
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Energy industry needs to fill 400k jobs for net zero goal
The report reveals more women want a ‘job of purpose’ to help deliver the UK’s 2050 target
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Record EV sales break National Grid’s scenario
Record EV sales break National Grid’s scenario. Electric vehicle (EV) sales bucked the overall 2019 trend of falling car sales with figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers (SMMT) showing that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) registrations have risen by 144% to 37,850. According to further research from Cornwall Insight on these figures, the BEV sales…
Read MoreNational Grid launches €500m green bond
The funds could be used to support the connection infrastructure of wind farms to the grid and boost efficiency to help reduce electricity losses
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Smart hot water tanks – UK cleantech firm raises £3.6m
Mixergy claims the technology can help households save up to 20% on their hot water bills and has been certified to deliver grid balancing services to National Grid
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Nokia to smarten up Finnish power grid for renewables
The new smart grid is expected to seamlessly integrate distributed energy resources such as wind, solar and micro-generation using bioenergy
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Britain’s Grain LNG terminal sets European record
It exported 698GWh of gas to the UK grid, which is enough to supply to all of London and the South East
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