National Grid helps with the gardening
Children at Claybrooke School near Lutterworth will soon be getting green fingers thanks to National Grid. The company, which owns and operates the country's high-voltage electricity transmission ...

Improvements in the pipeline for Kenilworth
A major £2 million scheme to improve the gas network in Kenilworth is due to start next month. The six-month scheme will see around four miles of old metal main replaced with hard wearing plastic ...

National Grid to Invest £70,000 in Rochdale’s Gas Supply System
National Grid, the UK’s largest utility, is investing around £76,000 in renewing 370 metres of gas mains in Rochdale as part of a £94m package of improvements to the North West’s gas supply network. Simultaneous work ...

Welsh salmon leap for joy at river improvement projects
Welsh salmon are leaping for joy today (01 July) after the completion of three new river improvement projects. The three fish passage improvement schemes on the Nant Myddyfi will help the salmon swim ...

Improvements in the pipeline for Worcester
Gas pipeline company National Grid is due to start work on a £127,000 project to improve the gas supply in Worcester. On Monday 29 June work begins to replace an old metal main in New Street with a ...

Diversion introduced as National Grid carries out essential improvements in Windsor
National Grid is investing in a 21st century makeover for gas mains in part of the historic town of Windsor. National Grid in partnership with Morrison Utility Services has begun replacing 533m of ...

New Outdoor Classroom for Sennybridge Pupils
Pupils at Sennybridge Community Primary School are making the most of the summer weather, thanks to a new outdoor classroom, built with support from energy infrastructure company, National Grid. The ...

Upgrade for Harpenden gas network in the pipeline
Next week heralds the start of a £177,000 engineering project in Harpenden’s Station Road to ensure safe and reliable gas supplies for local people until the end of the century. National Grid, in ...

National Grid’s £10m gas mains replacement in Newham and Ilford enters decisive phase
National Grid’s ongoing essential work to ensure residents and businesses in the area enjoy safe and secure gas supplies in the future is about to enter a key phase. The scheme involves the ...

Worcester targeted in drive to reduce emissions
National Grid is carrying out work in Worcester as part of an initiative which will reduce CO2 emissions equal to taking 38,000 cars off the road. A total of £23 million is to be spent in installing ...

Morecambe targeted in drive to reduce emissions
National Grid is carrying out work in Morecambe as part of an initiative which will reduce CO2 emissions equal to taking 38,000 cars off the road. A total of £23 million is to be spent in installing ...

National Grid publishes report on how electricity supply and demand could be balanced in 2020
• Challenges from moving to a low carbon electricity system with increased variable wind generation and larger nuclear power stations are manageable • Extra back-up generation not the ...

Liverpool Cub Scouts turn safety into fun thanks to National Grid
Cub Scout Daniel Doran has turned safety into games equipment for the St Paul’s 19th Fairfield Cub Scouts. Daniel, aged 10, won second prize in the National Grid Home Safety competition run as part ...

Stoke Cub Scouts parachute to safety success with the help of National Grid
Safety conscious Cub Scout Dylan Wheatley parachuted to success by winning third prize in a competition organised by gas and electricity company National Grid. Dylan, aged 9, of the 34th Meir Park ...

Manchester Cub Scout Connor get in a mess with National Grid
Safety conscious Cub Scout Connor Armstrong has got his pack in a mess by winning a competition organised by gas and electricity company National Grid. Connor, aged 8, of 10th Radcliffe Cub Scouts, ...