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COP26 – together we can tackle climate change

COP26 is coming to the UK in 2021 and we’re excited to be one of the Principal Partners. Find out more about the summit and how we’re getting involved.

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Read the latest stories about our projects, people, engineering and the energy transition.

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Press releases

ICS Industrial Dragos release Group : Press release

Dragos Announces Record-Setting $110M Investment in Industrial Cybersecurity with Series C Funding

Dragos, Inc., the global leader in cybersecurity for industrial controls systems (ICS)/operational technology (OT) environments, today announced that it has secured $110 million in Series C funding from investors representing some of the world’s largest corporations

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CDP A list Climate Group : Press release

National Grid recognized with prestigious ‘A’ score for climate change for fifth year running

National Grid has been recognised for leadership in corporate sustainability by global environmental non-profit CDP, securing a place on its prestigious ‘A List’ for tackling climate change, for the fifth year running.

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Gas : Press release

[7 December] Crewe gasholder plaque finds new home

National Grid has donated a maker's plaque from the gasholder on their Stewart Street site to The Crewe Heritage Centre. The plaque marks the construction of the gasholder in 1925 on a site that has been involved with the gas industry since 1876.

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Ventures : Press release

Work begins on the converter station for National Grid’s Viking Link interconnector

National Grid’s Viking Link has started construction on its UK converter station at Bicker Fen in Lincolnshire with Siemens Energy.

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Gas : Press release

[30 November] Ofgem gives green light to £12.7m hydrogen trial project

Ofgem’s Network Innovation Competition has approved a first of its kind offline hydrogen research facility to understand how transmission assets could be used to transport hydrogen in the future to heat homes and deliver green energy to industry.

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ET : Press release

[30 November] £9.2m Electricity research project to save 39,000 tonnes of C02 gets go-ahead

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has been successful in securing £8.12m of funding from Ofgem’s Network Innovation Competition (NIC) to research the uprating of overhead lines, with the remainder being funded by National Grid.  

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