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ET :Press release

National Grid seeking supply chain partners for Great Grid Upgrade Partnership

31 May 2023

National Grid is seeking key supply chain partners to deliver a major electricity transmission infrastructure programme in the UK.

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Junior footballers light up the pitch with National Grid community grant award

30 May 2023

Porthmadog Junior Football Club is celebrating the news that it has been successful in its application for funding from the National Grid Community Grant Programme.

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National Grid sets out case for urgent reform to drive the energy transition

15 May 2023

National Grid has set out how industry, government, and the regulator can take immediate and decisive action to enable the decarbonisation of the UK power sector by 2035.

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UK hits major clean energy milestone

15 May 2023

The UK has hit a major milestone as we pass the one trillionth kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity generated from renewable energy sources, the equivalent of everyone in the UK watching every James Bond movie 13 times a day, every day for a year.

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National Grid completes record-breaking pour of cement-free concrete at London Power Tunnels

10 May 2023

National Grid has completed the world’s largest ever continuous pour of Earth Friendly Concrete® at London Power Tunnels, a £1bn project to rewire London.

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UK's first transmission-connected solar farm goes live

4 May 2023

The first photovoltaic (PV) solar array to connect directly to the electricity transmission network in the UK was energised this week as National Grid connected Enso Energyand Cero Generation's new 50MW Larks Green solar farm to its Iron Acton substation near Bristol.

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