Geronimo Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Grid Plc, has announced the start of commercial operations for its 200 megawatt Crocker Wind Farm in Clark County, South Dakota. This wind energy project was built by Wanzek Construction, using GE 2.7-116 wind turbines. Crocker already has Virtual Power Purchase Agreements in place with leading corporations, including Walmart and Cargill.
These plans have been developed following extensive engagement with customers, industry stakeholders, nondomestic consumers and households across the country.
Electricity Transmission
Our Electricity Transmission plan has a baseline totex spend of £7.1bn over the five years. It assumes connection of 15.3GW of customer capacity, providing the UK with clean power and flexible storage, as well as continued investment to maintain reliability and resilience.
Today we’ve submitted our final RIIO-2 business plan for electricity and gas transmission to our regulator, Ofgem. Our plan reflects the vital input we received from the biggest ever consultation with the public and stakeholders. We spoke to thousands of home and business customers to help us develop plans that ensure we deliver the energy system they want and need.
National Grid’s CEO John Pettigrew said: “The scale and potential impact of the climate crisis has never been more real. At National Grid, we know we have a critical role in the acceleration towards a cleaner future and are committed to playing our part.
Imagine a United Kingdom that leads the world in driving a clean economy. A vibrant future that is clean, green and thrives with nobody left behind. It is a future we believe in at National Grid, but one that requires significant change and immediate action. The UK is already a world leader on climate change – exporting technology, transformational engineering and know-how globally.
Affordable Warmth Solutions (AWS) a not-for-profit company runs the Warm Homes Fund on behalf of National Grid, installing affordable heating solutions in fuel poor households who do not use gas as their primary heating.
The days when burning coal to generate energy was the worst offender for greenhouse gas emissions are over. In 2019, for the first time since the Industrial Revolution, more of Britain’s electricity will come from zero carbon energy sources than fossil fuels. This shift to renewables like solar, hydro and wind means that energy generation has been overtaken by transport when it comes to carbon emissions.
National Grid Partners – the venture capital and innovation arm of National Grid Ventures – sees the value in this technology to help lead the way in the energy industry and has recently invested in AI specialist SparkCognition (rebranded as Avathon).