National Grid has officially launched its record-breaking Viking Link interconnector cable between the UK and Denmark, in what it says is the "next step towards a North Sea super-grid".
Electricity demand from UK data centers will jump sixfold over the next 10 years as a boom in artificial intelligence requires increased computing power, according to the head of National Grid Plc.
Energy network protection systems worked "in line with their design" during the August 9 power cut, but security standards should be reviewed to determine if higher levels of resilience would be appropriate, a report into the incident by National Grid has concluded.
Energy firms are among leading businesses urging the Government to do everything it can to ensure the UK holds key international climate talks in 2020.
Equinor's senior vice president of wind and low carbon solutions, Stephen Bull, has been elected to the board of trade and professional body RenewableUK.
The British power grid has seen a new record of more than three days without coal, smashing the previous record just days after it was set, National Grid has said.
The natural gas crisis eased in the U.K. as the nation’s pipeline manager said more supplies were flowing after a blast of Arctic air lifted demand for heating and electricity.
Trade Union GMB Scotland said today that the news that the UK will not have enough gas to meet demand during the current inclement weather period is a ‘sobering reminder’ about the need for domestic gas production.
The freezing weather entrenched across northern Europe will stretch Britain’s supply of natural gas on Thursday as fresh snowfall was forecast for much of the country.
As part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) vehicle-to-grid project (V2G), the National Grid and battery and solar firm Moixa will take part of in a study to see how electric vehicle use can benefit drivers.
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will officially open a new electricity superhighway supplying power to the capital from deep below London’s streets.
British grid owner and manager National Grid is under fire from its US regulator and could face a major £20million fine after thousands on the east coast were left without power.