Press releases

National Grid has published its refined proposals for a new 140 km overhead electricity line between a new substation at Grimsby West in north east Lincolnshire and another in the Walpole area of Norfolk

National Grid shares early-stage proposals for new electricity transmission infrastructure from Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, needed to boost home-grown energy and meet growing electricity demand in the East Midlands.

National Grid is working with Hyperion Robotics and the University of Sheffield on a UK-first trial to manufacture, install and test 3D-printed substation foundations, which have the potential to reduce construction-driven carbon emissions and reduce costs to consumers of network construction.

National Grid is deploying technology on its electricity transmission network that can expand the capacity of its existing overhead power lines. Partnering with LineVision, a leading provider of non-contact overhead power line monitoring systems, National Grid has installed dynamic line rating (DLR) sensors on circuits between one of the major North-South power system boundaries.

Young people in the Suffolk coastal area are set to benefit from a new social mobility fund delivered by Catch22 and National Grid's LionLink project which aims to break down barriers to employment.

National Grid is starting work on its new Uxbridge Moor substation in Buckinghamshire which will connect over a dozen new data centres to its network.