Press releases

National Grid has launched a public consultation on early plans for the Cross Border Connection, part of The Great Grid Upgrade, the biggest investment in the UK’s electricity network for generations.

National Grid employees in the U.S. and U.K. joined forces for the first Grid for Good Global Day of Service, working side-by-side with local partners to strengthen neighborhoods through hands-on volunteer projects.

As construction activity ramps up on National Grid’s Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement project, over £4.2 million in funding will be available to support communities in Suffolk and Essex.

National Grid Partners, the corporate venture capital and innovation arm of one of the world's largest investor-owned energy companies, today unveiled research that found nearly two-thirds of utility leaders have seen increased innovation budgets in the past year – and nearly all (96%) view artificial intelligence as a strategic focus.

The last of four 200-tonne transformers for the Yorkshire GREEN Monk Fryston substation will be delivered from Goole Docks on a specialist vehicle over 80 metres long under police escort and at low speed.

National Grid Electricity Transmission and SP Energy Networks have selected Prysmian as preferred bidder for the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable system for the Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4) project.