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National Grid announces preferred route for pipelines to decarbonise Humber industry

5 April 2022

National Grid Ventures, part of National Grid plc, has announced the preferred route for its Humber Low Carbon Pipelines (HLCP) project, which will run for 120km from the Drax power station in Selby to Easington on the Holderness coast.

National Grid’s IFA2 interconnector saves more carbon in its first year than the total used to build it

28 March 2022

3 min read

National Grid’s IFA2 interconnector to France has paid off its carbon cost in less than a year.

Green collar jobs: Caroline Bradley – sharing clean energy between different countries

10 February 2022

Cable Engineering Manager Caroline Bradley tells us about her work on North Sea Link – the world’s longest subsea cable, which shares clean energy between the UK and Norway – plus the importance of diversity within the energy industry and why it’s an exciting time to join the ‘green collar’ workforce.

Interconnectors – separating the myths from the facts

28 September 2021

Our experts address the most common myths about these giant undersea electricity cables. Find out the truth about interconnectors and how they’re helping to provide us with cleaner, greener energy.

National Grid Shares its vision for developing the hydrogen economy in New York

24 September 2021

National Grid has shared its vision for developing the hydrogen economy in New York as part of its participation in Climate Week NYC. 

Why electricity interconnection between Europe and the UK matters

8 September 2021

To achieve a cleaner energy future, the EU and the UK need to work closely together on the energy transition. We share similar strategic climate targets, including a legally binding approach to net-zero by 2050, and our markets have been built together for decades as part of the Internal Energy Market.

National Grid joint venture secures $150 million in green financing to advance multiple U.S. renewable energy projects

21 July 2021

Financing secured by Emerald Energy Venture will help fund construction of a mix of U.S. solar, battery storage and wind projects being developed by National Grid Renewables.

Humber and Teesside join forces to form East Coast Cluster

12 July 2021

The cluster has the potential to capture, transport and store up to 27 million tonnes of CO2 emissions a year by 2030, decarbonising almost half of the UK’s industrial cluster emissions.