My point was that disruption can happen in any industry. Including ours.
It’s for that reason we formed National Grid Partners, funded it with $250 million of the company’s money, and launched it as the utility industry’s first Silicon Valley-based investment and innovation firm. And we did it for one reason, and one reason only.
To help ourselves.
Storing carbon emissions from energy-intensive sectors brings clean growth to industrial areas, supporting the delivery of a clean energy future. The partnership could lead to the Humber becoming the world’s first net-zero carbon region and home to a new world-leading hydrogen economy.
Geronimo Energy is a renewable energy development company that provides custom renewable energy solutions for utilities and corporations looking to harness renewable energy for business growth.
The company has a strong track record; successfully developing 2.3GW of wind and solar generation projects since 2004 and has 6GW+ of projects in the pipeline at various stages of development.
In September 2020, we completed work to modify WPD’s substation at Avonmouth and to replace a section of overhead line to the north of substation with new underground cables. This helped us achieve an important milestone and saw seven WPD pylons removed from Avonmouth and across the M49.
Nemo Link, a joint venture between National Grid and Belgian transmission system operator Elia, is open for business.
The UK’s first subsea electricity interconnector to Belgium began offering day-ahead capacity to power traders on Wednesday 30 January and went live at midnight Belgian time on Thursday 31 January.
So far, more than 75% of capacity has been reserved by power traders, who need to buy capacity to move power back and forth between Belgium and the UK.
A National Grid-supported project has installed first-of-a-kind public EV charging bays in south London. The technology will offer simple, efficient and cost-effective ‘drive-up’ roadside charging for motorists. The initiative is intended by be the first step to developing a whole network across the capital.
National Grid joined forces with technology provider Connected Kerb, as part of the Civic Innovation Challenge in 2018 in the Electric Vehicle category, with the objective of preparing London for zero emissions transport.
National Grid has today, 29 January 2019, announced the award of a hat-trick of construction contracts worth a total of £300m, as work begins to step up on the Hinkley Connection Project.
The announcement is a major step forward for National Grid, with the new connection allowing electricity to be moved from the new Hinkley C nuclear power station to millions of homes and businesses across Britain and helping the UK to meet low-carbon energy targets.
The contracts have been awarded to the following companies:
In an attempt to create lasting change, last June’s London Tech Week presented the inaugural Civic Innovation Challenge, an innovation opportunity that could not be missed.
The goal? Identify an area in need of civic improvement and provide a plan to roll it out, all the while connecting early stage startups and entrepreneurs with corporates and civic authorities to provide collaborative solutions. All of these communities and plans came to fruition as London Mayor Sadiq Khan pushes the city to be “a global test-bed for civic innovation.”
The aim of the day was to clear unwanted trees from the area to restore the peatland, further enhance the reserve and increase the range of flora and fauna. Working with the Somerset Wildlife Trust, the team helped to transform a piece of land on this internationally acclaimed National Nature Reserve.
Supporting the team on the day, Mark Blake, Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Reserves Manager, said: “I’m absolutely delighted with the amount that was actually achieved! It was great working with such an enthusiastic team from National Grid.”
National Grid wants to encourage the next generation to take an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, and these grants are to be used for the purchase of additional STEM resources to support the teaching of these core subjects to school children in local communities.
