UK Risks Power Supply Crunch in January as Nuclear Plants Halt
The UK’s National Grid Plc is preparing for a possible power crunch in January as several planned nuclear outages coincide with peak winter demand.
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Record-breaking cable instillation connects the UK and Denmark
Prysmian Group has announced it successfully installed the HV testing activities on the world’s longest onshore and offshore high voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector.
Planning consent granted for North Sea electric ‘superhighway’
Planning consent has been granted for a new subsea electricity superhighway that will boost grid connection between Scotland and England.
Wood to ‘transform’ the UK’s grid with National Gas
Aberdeen-based engineering firm, Wood (LON:WG), is working with National Gas to “transform” the entire grid network in the UK with “modern, cyber-secure technology.”
Winser Report: UK can build new power lines in half the time, top adviser says
Electricity transmission line construction can be cut to 7 years from 14 years, says Nick Winser in his report delivered Friday.
Eastern Green Link 2: Hitachi wins work on major Scotland-England grid link
Japanese conglomerate Hitachi has won work on Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2); a major project to boost grid connection between Scotland and England.
National Grid needs to deliver ‘five times as much as the last 40 years’ by 2035
The National Grid has seven years to deliver upgrades equivalent to five-times what it has achieved in the last four decades, a major industry conference has heard.
UK asks households to reduce power for second day as wind fades
The UK’s grid operator asked three reserve coal units to be ready to supply power and consumers to curb demand on Tuesday, as it tries for a second consecutive day to plug the gap left by a dearth of wind generation.
Cold snap forces UK to fire up three coal plants
Three UK coal plants have been ordered to begin warming up in case they are needed for the country's energy supply as the cold snap bites.
Wind and power seek to clean up act on dangerous greenhouse gas SF6
Annual emissions of the super-destructive greenhouse gas sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) equate to the annual carbon dioxide CO2 emissions of a staggering 100million cars.
North Sea power cable repays its carbon cost in just six months
National Grid says its North Sea Link interconnector to Norway has boosted UK energy security and paid for its own carbon costs after just six months in operation.
What are blackouts and why might they happen this winter?
National Grid has warned that there could be blackouts this winter if gas power plants are not able to keep running due to the energy crisis.
‘Save money and back Britain’ grid urges as it warns of potential blackouts
The first planned blackouts in decades might hit parts of the country this winter if power plants cannot get enough gas to keep running, the body that oversees Britain's electricity grid has warned.
Siemens, Aker Solutions to deliver grid connection for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Boreas
Vattenfall has contracted Siemens Energy and Aker Solutions to deliver grid connection infrastructure for the Norfolk Boreas wind project off the coast of East Anglia.
UK had early warning but still faces industry crisis over energy
UK ministers were warned that energy-intensive industries were at risk of work slowdowns and site closures due to soaring energy prices even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exacerbated the crisis.
UK’s lucky gas glut about to run out as winter approaches
Britain’s relative immunity to natural-gas supply cuts from Russia may be about to run out.
UK grid prepares to pay firms cash to cut power use next winter
National Grid is asking UK companies how much electricity demand they will be able to cut next winter to help keep the lights on.
UK sets another wind-power record thanks to blustery weather
UK wind power production hit a record on Wednesday thanks to blustery weather spinning turbines across the country and out at sea.
Chapter 3: Engineering Net Zero at SWIC
The deployment programme being implemented in South Wales is unlike those being proposed by the other UK industrial clusters.
ESG factors must lead to energy transformation
The war in Ukraine has jolted European politicians into finally understanding that overdependence on imported energy can carry extreme risks. What they haven’t understand yet though is that you can’t just turn off one set of taps and turn on another.
TenneT: Southern North Sea awaits new transmission
While energy production is at the forefront of many energy transition discussions, moving that energy around is equally important.
UK Gov accused of ‘great Scottish renewables robbery’ over grid charging
Aberdeen South’s SNP MP Stephen Flynn has slammed the UK Government over what he is calling the “great Scottish renewables robbery”.
Western Link issues spark fresh concerns about Shetland HVDC link
Issues with a major subsea cable project have ignited fresh fears about plans for a major project to hook Shetland up to the UK’s electricity grid.
National Grid, Scottish Power pay £158m fine for Western Link delay
National Grid and Scottish Power Transmission have agreed to pay a record redress package of £158 million for delays to the Western Link subsea cable project, following an investigation by Ofgem.
Wood to help upgrade National Grid gas networks
Engineering and consulting group Wood has been awarded a five-year contract by National Grid to provide controls and metering upgrades for its UK gas transmission assets, and to review hydrogen blending in the gas network.