The landscape specialists received the carbon neutral certification from the Carbon Trust, an independent organisation that helps support businesses in realising their ambitious plans for a sustainable, low-carbon future.
Since the advent of commercial flights in the 1950s, transport hasn’t radically changed. Our cars, ships, trains, planes and even bicycles may have had their functionality improved over the years, but they have essentially remained the same since their invention. But we’re about to see the pace of change revving up dramatically.
National Grid is holding a non-statutory public consultation on its proposals to reinforce the electricity network between Bramford, in Suffolk, and Twinstead, in Essex.
As offshore wind generation increases, this project is essential to maintaining the resilience of the UK’s electricity networks and is critical to connect more people across East Anglia, and the UK, to cleaner power. The consultation will open on Thursday 25 March and will run for 6 weeks until Thursday 6 May 2021.
The start of the story
Nessa and the Interconnector is the tale of a 10-year-old schoolgirl, who sets off on a journey to discover more about the new Viking Link interconnector and the role it will play in transporting renewable energy.
National Grid is set to hold a digital exhibition and run virtual consultations on a proposal for a new energy link that will run from Peterhead in Aberdeenshire to Drax in North Yorkshire. Named the Scotland to England Green Link 2 (SEGL2), it will play an important part in helping the country achieve its net-zero energy commitments.
I’m working on the biggest climate change summit on the planet; National Grid is a Principal Partner of COP26, which is being held in Glasgow this November. I’m leading our COP26 strategy, positioning and engagement, working closely with lots of colleagues across the UK and US to deliver our plans. Our over-arching aim is to help make COP26 a success, so that action is taken globally to achieve a greener future.
As part of the preparation for our planning application, we’ve already completed a programme of geophysical surveys, fieldwalking, and metal detecting and made some fascinating discoveries.
Our initial results have identified some possible previously unknown Bronze Age-Romano British features including ring ditches and a trackway.
The virtual awards evening took place on Tuesday 16 March with over 2000 people attending including NGM and their special guests from the University Hospital Birmingham and Age UK Solihull.
Our vision for National Grid remains unchanged - to be at the heart of a clean, fair and affordable energy future – and with increased exposure to the UK’s electricity sector, we will be able to take a more holistic approach across the entire UK electricity sector, helping the UK’s wider net zero ambitions.
For example, with renewable generation, our high and low voltage engineers will be able to share their knowledge and experience, to efficiently deliver increasing levels of renewables connections, both large and small.
National Grid plc ("National Grid" and together with its subsidiary undertakings, the "Group") today announces that it has agreed to acquire PPL WPD Investments Limited (together with its subsidiary undertakings, the ("WPD Group")), the holding company of Western Power Distribution ("WPD"), the UK's largest electricity distribution business, from PPL WPD Limited, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation ("PPL") (the "WPD Acquisition") for an equity value of £7.8 billion and National Grid has agreed to sell The Narragansett Electric Company ("NECO") to PPL Energy Holding