National Grid

An expansion of the Rapid Charging Fund (RCF) to cover all road transport could deliver enough capacity for en-route Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) charging and hydrogen re-fuelling at up to 78% of motorway service areas in England.

​National Grid has continued its shift towards electricity as it targets net zero, through the sale of a 60% equity interest in its UK gas transmission and metering business.

​National Grid has seen its underlying operating profit rise 47% to £1.4 billion for the six months ended 30 September as it focuses on delivering “critical and green investment”.

​National Grid has teamed up with UK authority on advanced digital technology Digital Catapult to explore how the adoption of 5G within the electricity and gas transmission networks could help deliver net zero.

​National Grid has pushed back its expectation of when the IFA1 interconnector with France will be operating at its full 2GW capacity again.

​Pivot Power’s 50MW/50MWh lithium-ion battery storage site in Oxford is the first tertiary connection in the country to export to the grid.

​Onshore wind and solar energy need to be increased in South Wales to enable a net zero energy system in the region by 2050.

​The world’s longest subsea electricity interconnector, the North Sea Link, has started operation.

National Grid has confirmed that 1GW of interconnector capacity will be offline until 27 March 2022, turning to the North Sea Link to help plug the gap.

​A fire at National Grid’s IFA1 interconnector site in Sellindge is to see power prices once again spike in the UK as 1GW of capacity drops off the system.