National Grid has donated a maker's plaque from the gasholder on their Stewart Street site to The Crewe Heritage Centre. The plaque marks the construction of the gasholder in 1925 on a site that has been involved with the gas industry since 1876.
Coming hot on the heels of the 10-point plan, this is a significant announcement for the UK.
My role involves connecting new green energy sources to the network, such as solar farms, interconnectors and battery storage, in a safe and efficie
EmployAbility, our supported internships scheme, is helping young people aged 16-24 who have additional needs grow in confidence and experience, ready for the workplace. The scheme started when a team from National Grid, who’d been volunteering at a special needs school in Warwick, wanted to make even more of an impact on the prospects of the pupils there.
Founded in 2013, EmployAbility now runs at three of our UK office locations – Solihull, Warwick and Wokingham (within current COVID restrictions).
Over the last decade, the states where we operate – New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts – have doubled down on their commitment to clean energy to lessen the impacts of climate change. From record-breaking offshore wind and clean energy procurements, to continued leadership on energy efficiency, our states have firmly set themselves on the path to a clean energy future.
2. We’re transatlantic
National Grid is pivotal to the energy systems of both the UK and the North-Eastern US.
In the UK, we own and operate no fewer than 4,481 miles of overhead electricity lines, 1,417 miles of underground electricity cables and 4,760 miles of high-pressure gas pipes. Add that together and, at over 10,000 miles, that’s pretty much the distance from London to Sydney. Our UK business involves taking high-pressure gas and electricity from the producers to the operators, who then deliver it to homes and businesses.
Representing a significant step in the UK’s journey to net zero, Siemens Energy, lead contractor for the 1400 megawatt interconnector, will supply the technology that will enable the direct sharing of clean electricity between Britain and Denmark for the very first time.
Ofgem’s Network Innovation Competition has approved a first of its kind offline hydrogen research facility to understand how transmission assets could be used to transport hydrogen in the future to heat homes and deliver green energy to industry.
The facility will be built from a range of decommissioned assets, to create a representative transmission network. Blends of hydrogen up to 100% will then be tested at transmission pressures, to assess how the assets perform.
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has been successful in securing £8.12m of funding from Ofgem’s Network Innovation Competition (NIC) to research the uprating of overhead lines, with the remainder being funded by National Grid.
Once energised, they will be the UK’s first operational T-pylons and the first new design for a UK electricity pylon for almost a century.
The T-pylons have a single pole and T-shaped cross arms, which hold the wires in a diamond ‘earring’ shape. They are around 35 metres high – about a third shorter than traditional 400kV lattice pylons – have a smaller footprint and use less land.
The new high-voltage 400kV overhead line featuring the new pylons is just one element of the Hinkley Connection, which will run from Hinkley to Seabank, near Avonmouth.