Stories

In the run-up to the eagerly anticipated global climate change summit COP26, UK Executive Director Nicola Shaw and US President Badar Khan explain what we’re doing to tackle climate change now and in the future.

This next decade transport will be revolutionised with radical new inventions powered by renewable energy, in response to the twin concerns of pollution and congestion.

We have partnered with the University of the West of England on a unique PhD research project on how to mitigate construction impact on bat populations. The findings will be applied on future construction projects and used by UK planning authorities.

How to make electricity more exciting for schoolchildren? Introduce 10-year-old Nessa and her quest to discover where electricity comes from.

Our Senior Policy Manager for COP26 Louise Clark – National Grid is a Principal Partner of this year's global climate change summit – tells us about how she ended up in the energy sector, her regal eco hero and why we’re at a climate change crossroads.

We uncover the fascinating history behind biogas and humans’ multiple inventive uses of this naturally occurring gas. Plus, we bring you some surprising statistics, including just how many homes could be heated with Christmas food waste.

As Britain works toward reaching net zero by 2050, hydrogen is one solution to decarbonising our gas system. Project Union is National Grid’s development of a hydrogen ‘backbone’ to link industrial clusters around the country.