National grid

Australia

Australia Promises Billions for Renewable Projects to ‘Rewire’ Power Grid

Australia on Wednesday announced plans to build renewable energy zones, wind projects and underwater electricity interconnectors, as it looks to build its renew…

Electricity Transmission

Superconductivity Tech to Deliver up to 10X More Renewable Capacity

National Grid and VEIR, a US-based early-stage clean technology company, have announced a collaboration to demonstrate VEIR’s use of superconductivity to moder…

Smart Meter

Data Innovations Drive UK National Grid Smart Meter Project

British distributor National Grid has launched the new Smart Meter Innovations and Test Network (SMITN) project.

United Kingdom

Energy Giants Ink Tripartite Grid Contract for a Greener UK

Vattenfall, Siemens Energy and Aker Solutions AS have signed a grid contract for a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) project to connect renewable energy onto t…

Octopus Energy and National Grid Demonstrate First V2G in Great Britain

Octopus Energy Group and National Grid ESO have announced the first successful integration of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, using a test environment of the …

Electric Car

UK EV Drivers to Sell Energy to National Grid

EVs will be connected with the UK’s grid through the balancing mechanism

Coal-Fired Power Plants

UK Could Pay £420M for Keeping Coal-Fired Power Stations Open This Winter

National Grid ESO has confirmed it has agreed on contingency contracts with four coal units

United Kingdom

GB Domestic Flexibility Project Gets Funding Boost

National Grid’s CrowdFlex flexibility project has been awarded a second round of funding to advance the implementation of domestic flexibility.

Natural Gas

UK Investigates Sale of National Grid’s Gas Transmission Business, Report Says

Britain has launched an investigation under new national security rules into the sale of a 60% stake in National Grid's gas transmission and metering business t…

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Station to Boost Malawi’s Energy Generation Capacity

​The government of Malawi is adding 3.4MW to the national grid through its commissioning of Muloza Hydropower Station.

Nigeria

Fifth National Grid Collapse in Nigeria This Year

Nigeria has experienced its fifth national grid collapse this year. The Nigerian Government has said the collapse was due to vandalism.

Geothermal Power Plant

83.3MW Olkaria I Unit 6 Geothermal Plant Ready to Be Connected to the Grid

The Kenya Electricity Generating Company Plc (KenGen) has completed construction on its 83.3MW Olkaria I Additional Unit 6 geothermal power plant and plans to c…

Nuclear Power Plant

Finnish EPR Starts Supplying Electricity

Unit 3 of Finland's Olkiluoto nuclear power plant was connected to the national grid on 12 March and has started supplying electricity, operator Teollisuuden Vo…

Offshore Wind Power

RWE and National Grid Consolidate Partnership, Announce Community Offshore Wind as Name of Joint Venture

Following the success of their joint bid in the New York Bight offshore lease auction last month, RWE Renewables and National Grid have announced the name of th…

Hydrogen Transport

Centrica Partners with the UK’s National Grid to Inject Green Hydrogen into the National Transmission System

Centrica and the National Grid have partnered to explore the possibility of injecting green hydrogen into the UK’s National Transmission System (NTS) in order …