Tag Archives: Electricity

The government has today committed to delivering a new public body to strengthen the resilience of Great Britain’s energy system.

An ex-military vehicle, a digger designed for use on Alpine ski lifts and specialist rope access training for cable layers have all played a part in an innovative project to move power cables underground in south west England.

Vibrations from the Forth Bridge and Queensferry Crossing could be harvested for energy under proposals put forward by academics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.

Construction of the latest phase of National Grid’s London Power Tunnels will reach a major milestone later this month with the launch of its second tunnel boring machine (TBM) following its delivery to site this week.

The world’s longest subsea electricity cable will be turned on this week with testing to begin to allow countries to trade clean energy.

National Grid is celebrating the start of tunnelling for its £1bn flagship project to rewire and replace existing electricity cables in London.

Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall and Murphy have won multiple lots on National Grid’s £1.5bn RIIO-2 electricity transmission construction framework.

National Grid has issued a warning that the UK faces an energy shortfall and possible blackouts.

Offshore wind will produce enough electricity to power every home in the country by 2030, according to prime minister Boris Johnson.

Three of four scenarios outlined in National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios (FES) report show Britain reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 or earlier.