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ET :Press release

Opportunity for communities to have their say on new clean energy substation proposed in Rotherham

13 May 2024

National Grid is consulting on a proposal for a new substation in Rotherham, which is crucial to upgrade critical infrastructure and ensure a secure and reliable supply of clean energy.

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Viking Link team members holding the Guinness World Record certificates and plaque

Ventures :Press release

National Grid’s Viking Link interconnector recognised by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™

3 May 2024

National Grid’s Viking Link has been awarded a prestigious title by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™. The UK’s newest electricity interconnector, which stretches for 757km to join rural Lincolnshire with Revsing in Denmark, has been named as the longest HVDC land and subsea interconnector.

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ET :Innovation Press release

National Grid and Smart Wires aim to reduce grid bottlenecks with innovative software tool

2 May 2024

National Grid is working with Smart Wires on an innovation project to make better use of grid enhancing technologies like advanced power flow controllers, boosting the potential of existing infrastructure.

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Two engineers wearing PPE coiling earth wires next to an electricity transformer

ET :Press release

Huge boost to UK supply chain as National Grid launches the Great Grid Partnership with seven new industry partners, all united in the drive to deliver The Great Grid Upgrade

1 May 2024

The Partnership, which will initially focus on the network design and construction work required by the end of the decade for nine major infrastructure projects across England and Wales, forms part of a £9bn supply chain framework which will also support infrastructure projects beyond 2030.

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Group :News Press release

Electricity networks accelerate potential connection dates of over 200 clean energy projects

30 April 2024

7.8GW of clean energy projects, more than double the output of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, have had their connection offer dates brought forward by up to 10 years through the Technical Limits programme.

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ET :Press release

National Grid shares proposals for green electricity projects in Lincolnshire and West Norfolk, needed to boost home-grown energy supplies and progress towards net zero

23 April 2024

Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 will be able to transport enough clean energy generated in Scotland to power up to four million homes in the Midlands and South of England.

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