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.
An electricity transformer, measuring 5 metres high – the height of a two-story building - has been delivered to Dunball Wharf near Bridgwater and continued its journey via the country lanes of Somerset to the National Grid substation in Taunton on Sunday. (11 October).
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.
I help manage our growing portfolio of electric transportation programs. Right now, I oversee our Fleet Advisory Services Program that provides business customers with a roadmap on how to electrify their fleets. I also manage a residential ‘Off-Peak Charging Rebate’ study, which incentivizes participants to charge their electric vehicles (EVs) at night, and I support the roll-out of our EV charging station infrastructure.
Having taken delivery of the 95 tonnes of cable at the end of August, the next milestone in the £20 million scheme has been to pull the cable through the underground ducts. During his visit, the Mayor experienced first-hand the challenges of installing an underground electricity cable. He joined the team pulling the cable through the underground ducts that National Grid installed since construction work started in November 2019.
The Zero Carbon Humber (ZCH) Partnership brings together international energy companies, heavy industry, leading infrastructure and logistics operators, global engineering firms and academic institutions in a plan to create the world’s first net zero industrial cluster by 2040 through low carbon hydrogen, carbon capture and negative emissions, known as carbon removal technology.
The pandemic has brought new worries about young people’s future job prospects and has heightened concerns about the disadvantage gap. This coincides with the need to recruit diverse talent into the energy industry, as we work towards the UK’s target of reaching net zero by 2050.
The partnership will inspire pupils from diverse backgrounds to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), through interactive workshops, creating a radio advert, form time and assembly takeovers as well as digital mentoring programmes.
As Vice President of Innovation at National Grid Partners, I have a very specific – I’d even say, unconventional – definition of “the I word.” My mission is to search out thinkers, inventors, techies, scientists and any other individual (or company) eager to develop new ways of delivering customer-friendly, cost-effective, future-forward clean energy.
My team is the newest and largest within National Grid Partners, which National Grid formed in 2018 with a critical mission: To disrupt ourselves before we’re disrupted.
The pandemic has left many older people feeling lonely, isolated and missing some of the support networks they’re used to enjoying in person. But now some of those elders, who had previously been part of the Salvation Army’s ‘Senior Day Program’ in Syracuse, New York, are getting connected with our employee volunteers through a ‘Senior Lunchtime Chat’ instead.
The Young Energy Professional (YEP) Awards, organised by industry association Energy UK, recognise the outstanding contribution and achievements of young professionals in the energy sector. This year’s awards ceremony was held virtually rather than in person, but it still celebrated some of our remarkable young engineers.