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The Partnership, which will initially focus on the network design and construction work required by the end of the decade for nine major infrastructure projects across England and Wales, forms part of a £9bn supply chain framework which will also support infrastructure projects beyond 2030. 

7.8GW of clean energy projects, more than double the output of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, have had their connection offer dates brought forward by up to 10 years through the Technical Limits programme.

Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 will be able to transport enough clean energy generated in Scotland to power up to four million homes in the Midlands and South of England.

National Grid’s new Littlebrook 400kV substation in Dartford, Kent is now fully energised, enabling the transmission of 2GW of low carbon and renewable energy to power around 1.5 million homes.

Delivering a major milestone in the UK energy transition and the next step in creating a North Sea grid, National Grid has today formally launched Viking Link, a record-breaking 475-mile-long land and subsea cable connecting British and Danish energy grids for the first time.

National Grid is consulting communities from 22 April to 20 May 2024 on its plans for a new electricity substation which will strengthen its network and connect clean energy to the grid - part of The Great Grid Upgrade