A gas compressor in Alrewas, Staffordshire celebrates its 50th birthday this month, making it the longest-serving unit in National Grid’s fleet of 64 compressors – the ‘accelerator pedals’ of the system which keeps Britain warm through the winter.
Compressors increase the pressure of gas by reducing volume to push the fuel around the gas transmission system.
Every state funded primary and secondary school in the local authority areas closest to the project (Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucester) is eligible to apply for a £500 or £1250 (for secondary schools) grant for STEM equipment during every year of the project. Local schools have been invited to submit their applications for the 2020/21 Hinkley Education Fund.
More than 130,000 pupils have benefited from new STEM equipment ranging from programmable robots to 3D printers and everything in between.
Every state funded primary and secondary school in the local authority areas of Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, South Gloucestershire Council, Somerset County Council, Sedgemoor District Council and West Somerset Council is eligible to apply for a £500 or £1250 (for secondary schools) grant for STEM equipment during every year of the project.
In a first for National Grid, working in partnership with haulage contractors Mammoet, the 178-tonne transformer arrived via a barge to Dunball Wharf, with specialist lifting equipment enabling the transformer to be delivered through the narrow wharf.
There’s that saying, ‘the family that plays together, stays together’. But, with father and grown-up son pairing Kevin and Colby Krogh, there’s a lot more togetherness than going for a drink or watching a sports match together.
Working in the Solar and Storage DER (distributed energy resources) team, my role is all about making it easier to build and use new energy solutions, such as solar and storage – the team ret
National Grid today launches Britain's latest interconnector, IFA2. The 149-mile-long power cable runs along the sea bed between Portsmouth, Hampshire in the UK and near Caen, Normandy in France sharing surplus clean energy between the two countries. IFA2 is expected to deliver 1.2% of Britain's electricity needs, enough to power up to 1 million homes with zero carbon energy. By the end of it's first year in operation, IFA2 will have helped avoid 1.2 million tonnes (Mt) of CO2 from entering the atmosphere, equivalent to planting 50 million trees.
Interconnexion France-Angleterre 2 (IFA2) is Britain’s latest interconnector, running for 149 miles under the sea and connecting Fareham in Hampshire and Normandy in France.
National Grid plays a leading role in the push to increased production of clean, fair and affordable energy for all. Reflecting those key targets, National Grid Ventures, our commercial development arm, is today launching National Grid Renewables.
The agreement marks the conclusion of Grain LNG’s competitive “Open Season” process, kicked off in November 2019, and secures the future of Europe’s largest LNG import terminal.
The agreement was signed at a virtual ceremony held by His Excellency Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs and President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum, and Jon Butterworth, Managing Director of National Grid Ventures, part of National Grid plc, in the presence of Kwasi Kwarteng, UK Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth.