The latest results cover the first year of National Grid’s five-year financial framework up to 2029, over the course of which it intends to invest around £60b across its energy networks and related businesses.
Former Shell integrated gas and upstream director Zoë Yujnovich is set to become the next chief executive of UK gas and electricity utility operator National Grid.
The Greenlink interconnector between Wales and Ireland has come online, doubling capacity to one gigawatt.
National Grid has awarded deals to multiple companies under two parts of a £59bn high voltage direct current (HVDC) supply chain framework.
National Grid (LON:NG) has agreed to sell its US onshore renewables business to Brookfield Asset Management in a deal valuing the division at $1.74 billion (£1.37 billion).
The UK's National Grid has reached a milestone in its programme to eliminate sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) from its network with the arrival of the first of two 178 tonne supergrid transformers and Hitachi Econiq SF6-free switchgear, at a new electricity substation being built in the UK capital.
National Grid has outlined “unprecedented” plans to invest £35 billion in its electricity-transmission business over the five years to March 2031.
Steve Smith has been appointed as National Grid’s chief strategy and regulation officer.
National Grid (LON:NG) reaped a 14% hike in underlying profit in the first half of 2024, prompting calls from the UK’s major union Unite for it to be nationalised.
Energy secretary Ed Miliband told industry at the EnergyUK conference in September that reaching net zero, which the government wants to achieve by 2030, will be a matter of “national security”.
The Grain LNG terminal has had the methane emissions performance of its operations verified by MiQ, a leader in methane emissions measurement and certification.
National Grid and SSEN Transmission have broken ground on the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) subsea transmission cable that will connect Peterhead in Scotland to Drax in England.
UK gas-fired power plants are running at their lowest hours of operation since 2017 owing to high levels of wind, solar and imports from Norway and France into the national grid.
National Grid has reached an agreement with the UK government to sell its Electricity System Operator (ESO) for £630 million.
Matthew Craker, 18, didn’t feel he would be the right fit for university but has found a way to support the shift to net zero with an apprenticeship.
Energy Voice speaks to Ben Wilson, chief strategy and regulation officer at National Grid, to gauge the operator’s view on the challenges at the core of the energy transition.
Energy Voice speaks to Ben Wilson, chief strategy and regulation officer at National Grid, to gauge the operator’s view on the challenges at the core of the energy transition.
Chris Stark, former chief executive of the Climate Change Committee, will take charge of the UK government’s newly announced Mission Control.
National Grid’s plan to sell its Grain LNG terminal has sparked concerns among some industry participants, with union UNISON flagging the risks raised by the divestment of an asset of strategic national interest.
Ofgem approved £2 billion in funding for a subsea cable to transmit wind power from Scotland to England.
New figures also reveal more than £275m was paid to keep Scottish turbines still during 2023.
The UK will continue to subsidize fossil-fuelled power plants into the second half of this decade with operators paid a record fee to stay open.
A UK energy minister on Thursday condemned the behavior of wind-farm operators who have routinely overestimated how much power they’ll generate — a practice that adds to consumers’ bills, according to electricity traders and market experts.
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.
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.