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IFA2: low-carbon electricity now flowing through second UK-France interconnector

22 January 2021

After almost three years of construction – and despite coronavirus pandemic restrictions – low-carbon electricity has now started flowing at full capacity through IFA2. Our second electricity interconnector linking the UK and France takes us a step further on the journey to net zero.

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Future Thinking: Unlocking a green recovery through innovation

14 December 2020

As we work to tackle climate change while facing the challenges of a post-COVID recovery, Iliana Portugues explains why thinking differently has never been more important – and how downhill mountain bike racing helps her keep her mind open.

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Net Zero know-how: Charging EVs on the move could end range anxiety

8 December 2020

Dynamic charging could be the future for emissions-free driving. Innovation Engineer Mingyu Sun leads a pioneering project in our Innovation team, exploring the potential to charge EVs as they drive by installing electric layers beneath our road systems.

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Net Zero know-how: Testing the future of energy

8 December 2020

From a dramatically reduced carbon footprint concrete to renewable heat pump networks, our Innovation team is focusing its academic skills, engineering experience and problem-solving curiosity on building a clean energy future for us all.

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Why there’s never been a more exciting time to be an engineer

7 November 2020

Here David Wright, Director of Electricity Transmission and Chief Electricity Engineer, explains how choosing a career as an engineer can make an immense difference to the world now – and in the future.

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We need more women studying STEM

4 November 2020

Engineering is not just for the men, as women engineers like Ffion Davies-Cale prove. She’s keen to bring more women into engineering, to help deliver the diversity of thought needed to make the shift to cleaner energy.

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