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- Salt, air and bricks: could this be the future of energy storage? Mon, 1 Apr 24, 6:00pmStart-ups turn to heat over batteries as they aim to industrialise the practice
- £58bn plan to rewire Great Britain expected to spark tensions along route Tue, 19 Mar 24, 11:01am‘High-capacity electrical spine’ to run onshore from north-east Scotland to north-west England
- UK power plants lined up to command record high energy prices this decade Thu, 29 Feb 24, 2:45amStations secure all-time high price of £65 a kWh for 2027-28 financial year in ‘capacity market’ auction
- Wind turbines generate more than half of UK’s electricity due to Storm Pia Fri, 22 Dec 23, 4:00amClean energy record set after windfarms generate 21.8GW in half an hour on Thursday morning
- Wind turbines generate more than half of UK’s electricity amid Storm Pia Fri, 22 Dec 23, 4:00amNew clean energy record set after windfarms generate 21.8GW in half an hour on Thursday morning
- Subsea project to bring renewable power from Scotland to England awarded £1.8bn Wed, 13 Dec 23, 12:16amEastern Green Link 1 has been designed to carry enough clean electricity to power 2m UK households
- Labour vows to ‘rewire Britain’ as pylon plans spark row in Tory party Thu, 30 Nov 23, 4:00pmOpposition vows to tackle rural connection delays to the grid while Conservatives call for offshore network to preserve landscapes
- UK energy bills: could doing your washing at night save you cash? Sat, 11 Nov 23, 1:00amSome electricity tariffs reward households willing to move consumption to off-peak hours
- National Grid increases investment plan but warns of clean energy logjam Fri, 10 Nov 23, 2:24amPower utility says ‘fundamental reform’ of UK’s electricity network needed to tackle backlog of projects awaiting connection
- National Grid steps up clean energy plans amid £3.5bn record spend Thu, 9 Nov 23, 8:45pmPower utility reveals first-half results and more investment in 17 major transmission projects fast-tracked by Ofgem
- National Grid in talks with Drax to revive coal-fired units Thu, 15 Jun 23, 5:00pmTwo units at North Yorkshire plant could be brought out of retirement to prevent winter outages
- Why did National Grid use coal to meet surge in electricity demand? Wed, 14 Jun 23, 2:57amWhen rising temperatures put a strain on electricity supply on Monday, National Grid turned to coal to ease the pressure, rather than renewables
- UK heatwave prompts National Grid to fire up coal plant to meet aircon demand Tue, 13 Jun 23, 2:55amNational Grid asks for two units at Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant to be brought into action after temperature tops 30C
- UK heatwave prompts order to fire up coal plant to meet aircon demand Mon, 12 Jun 23, 7:35pmNational Grid asks for Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant to go on standby as Britons cope with 30C temperatures
- England ‘4,700 years from building enough onshore windfarms’ Wed, 7 Jun 23, 9:01amThinktank says effective ban on planning permissions means country is way behind on much-needed renewable energy