LCNI 2017: ETO’s powerful line-up

Here in Electricity Transmission, we’re committed to making innovation part of everything we do. We use it to prepare for the emerging challenges facing our industry and to create more value for consumers and society in a rapidly changing world.

Our electricity transmission network does a vital job. It connects hundreds of customers and, ultimately, millions of homes and businesses to the power they need. But we want to improve our network. And we’re finding new ways to run it faster, cheaper, greener and more flexibly than ever.

Be a master of innovation

At National Grid, we’re committed to being an innovative leader in energy management and to safeguarding the world around us for future generations.

We use innovation to bring forward new technologies and ways of working. This creates value for customers and consumers by cutting costs, improving efficiency, reducing environmental impact, maintaining reliability and improving safety.

Gridline grabs coveted awards

The publication came out on top in the ‘best writing’ and ‘publication for stakeholders’ categories at the Institute of Internal Communications Gala Awards ceremony in London.

Regarding the best writing prize, the judges said: “The overall feel is that it is a publication for a community and speaks well to that community.”

Listening to our stakeholders

Three workshops held by our Electricity Transmission Owner (ETO) business have been welcomed by our stakeholders as a good start to our engagement activities. We’ll use what we heard to focus further conversations with our stakeholders and shape our future business plans.

QEPrize recognises ‘tiny’ innovation

A team of four people recently received the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) from Princess Anne – the third time the prize has been awarded since 2013. Between them, the team has embarked on a remarkable voyage of discovery, innovation and engineering. This journey has led to almost every one of us having a high quality camera in our pocket, in the form of a mobile phone.

Grain LNG to offer UK first LNG break bulk

• First facility in UK to offer Small Scale LNG vessel loading from 1000m³
• Customers will benefit from wider LNG Distribution opportunities
• Adds to existing break bulk service available via our truck loading facility which went live November 2015

The move further enhances Grain LNG’s position as a major European LNG Hub, building on the significant uptake of the truck loading facility.

Grain LNG to offer UK’s first ship reload service

‘Grain is a world class LNG facility, welcoming vessels from around the world. This new reloading service facilitates our break bulk capability and compliments our cooling, road tankering and regasification services, giving our customers the flexibility they need.’

National Grid unveils new truck loading facility at Isle of Grain LNG terminal

The loading hub will allow road tanker operators to load liquefied natural gas (LNG) in bulk and transport the fuel directly to LNG filling stations, as well as to industrial and commercial markets throughout the UK and mainland Europe.

The multi-bay facility will be operational around the clock, 365 days a year, initially offering 36 slots for road tankers each day. National Grid has planning permission in place to increase the size of the facility, doubling the amount of bays available from two to four, subject to market demand.

Locating pylons

TEP has been working with National Grid on the project to connect the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station to the UK’s electricity transmission network. Hinkley Point C is the first new nuclear power station in a generation and an important step in the UK’s move towards a low-carbon energy mix, but it could also be the first time National Grid will use the T-pylon in a live environment, so it’s a very exciting project.

Designed to a T

Love them or hate them, the steel lattice electricity pylon has been a familiar sight since the first was erected near Edinburgh in 1928. Now, the country has reached a significant milestone with the inclusion of National Grid’s innovative T-pylon in the public consultation on the proposed 400,000-volt connection between Bridgwater and Seabank in Somerset, which will connect up the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.