Demand for LNG in the road transport sector has soared in recent years, as operators continue to look for more environmentally-friendly alternatives to diesel in order to meet the government’s increasingly stringent targets to reduce carbon emissions. The off-grid industrial sector has also seen strong growth for LNG as a cleaner substitute to fuel oil.
National Grid’s Grain LNG facility recorded its highest ever utilisation rates last month and supplied 15.1% of UK gas demand during this time.
Grain LNG, located on the Isle of Grain in Kent, is currently able to store and deliver enough gas to meet at least 25% of UK gas demand. Increasing LNG imports help contribute to lower wholesale gas prices by increasing ‘gas-on-gas’ competition.
Both companies share a common goal of enabling the clean energy future, and offshore wind will be critical for the U.S., particularly in the Northeast, to reduce emissions, meet climate goals and create local jobs. This partnership brings together two leading energy companies to help drive forward the emerging offshore wind industry in the U.S. and help bring critical economic development to communities across the Northeast.
Offshore wind is going to be a major growth area in the U.S. and one that the Biden administration has pledged to support, with a target of 30 GW capacity by 2030 – enough to power 10 million homes with clean energy. The plan is to expand this far further by 2050, to 110 GW of deployed offshore wind.
National Grid marked the arrival of ‘Edith’, a tunnel boring machine (TBM) weighing around 140 tonnes, equivalent to about eight London buses, at its London Power Tunnels (LPT) New Cross site. The arrival of this formidable machine marks a significant milestone for the project and the start of Edith’s journey, to help construct 32.5km of tunnels deep below the streets of South London between Wimbledon and Crayford. These works are vital for the future of London’s electricity supply, keeping the lights on well into the future.
A formidable tunnel boring machine called ‘Edith’ and weighing around 140 tonnes – equivalent to about eight London buses – has arrived at our London Power Tunnels New Cross site. This marks a significant milestone for the project and the start of Edith’s journey to help construct 32.5 km of tunnels deep below the streets of South London, between Wimbledon and Crayford.
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National Grid is set to launch a digital exhibition and run virtual consultation sessions on a proposal for a new energy link that will run from the Torness area in East Lothian and connect to the wider National Grid network at Hawthorn Pit in County Durham. Named the Scotland to England Green Link 1, or SEGL1, the link will be an important part of National Grid’s drive to meet the UK’s net-zero energy commitments.
Construction work has begun on a landscape enhancement project to remove seven pylons and 1.5km of overhead electricity line that is set to transform views in the east of the Peak District National Park.
The project will require major engineering works to place electricity cables underground, allowing the pylons to be removed and significantly enhance the landscape and views in the village of Dunford Bridge.
In winter 2020, Wembdon Sunshiners Pre-School and the surrounding area were hit by severe rainfall, resulting in the flooding of outdoor play areas, including the prized mud kitchen. The damage left the pre-school with few options except to close the area to the children. With the pre-school dependent on grants and charitable fundraising to cover operating costs, the repair of the play area was not financially viable.