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The UK had 13.9GW of offshore wind capacity in 2022 and 10GW of projects are under construction, but National Grid, the electricity system operator, estimates that over 100GW could be required to reach net zero by 2050. Installing more offshore wind turbines to meet this capacity is only part of…

National Grid has chosen key sites for a major new power line under the North Sea. The energy distribution body announced the landfall, cable route and convertor station locations for the proposed LionLink connection to the Netherlands. Ministers revealed plans last year to create the world's largest multi-point power line…

Bam-Hitachi Energy joint venture has been appointed by National Grid Energy Transmission (NGET) and SSEN Transmission to build the converter stations for the £2.1bn Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) offshore interconnector between Scotland and England.

Overhead power lines will remain as the standard method for transmission of electricity, despite calls for more undergrounding, the government has confirmed.

Our industry is accustomed to working at scale. We deal with huge networks and facilities across countless sectors and specialisms that, despite often being made up of a million small things, add up to something gigantic.

Mott MacDonald has been appointed by National Grid to provide front end engineering design (Feed) and technical support for the Eastern Green Link (EGL) 3 and 4 interconnector projects.

The UK could suffer an energy “crunch point” in 2028 where demand for electricity could exceed the grid’s capacity by 7.5GW at peak times, a new report has warned.

National Grid president for strategic infrastructure Carl Trowell is no stranger to big energy schemes. He has led major projects spanning marine offshore infrastructure and engineering and services in the oil and gas industry for many years.

Plans to install new electricity hubs and pylons are to be scrutinised by members of the public in Lincolnshire from 16 February to 13 March.

The government’s electricity networks commissioner believes Ofgem should start incentivising power generation projects to get through the planning stage “efficiently and effectively”.