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Power
UKPN carrying out £5.1m power upgrade in Maidstone
UK Power Networks has started a £5.1 million power upgrade in Maidstone, Kent.
Technology & Operations
SSEN submits plans to replace overhead lines
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), operating as Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc under licence, has submitted plans to replace overhead lines and steel towers between Inveraray and Crossaig.
Customers
Consultation launched on ‘Future Worlds’ for smart grid
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) is seeking views on five 'Future Worlds' which represent a major change from the way electricity networks operate today.
Gas
Swift and decisive action needed on carbon capture
Is the UK on the brink of finally realising the economic and environmental potential of Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) technology? A report by the Government's CCUS Taskforce urges swift and decisive action to tip the balance for an industry primed to deliver. Simon Fairman, director network strategy and safety at Cadent, gives his view.
Heat
Northern Powergrid invests £4m on improving Hull’s underground power network
Northern Powergrid is investing £4 million to improve the underground power network that serves Hull.
Customers
SSEN starts work on Inverness network upgrade
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is starting the latest phase of its work to upgrade the electricity transmission network between Beauly and Keith in Inverness.
Gas
Ensuring resilience
Grid reliability and the control and protection of assets remain critical issues for networks. Ben Hargreaves reports.
Power
Plans unveiled for London’s first ‘virtual power station’
The capital's first ever 'virtual power station' which is made up of solar panels and batteries will relieve pressure on London's electricity network, under plans unveiled by UK Power Networks.
Gas
Use of ammonia for green energy storage to be trialled
"Green ammonia" will be trialled as a form of energy storage at a demonstrator site in Oxfordshire next week.
Technology & Operations
National Grid experience 600MW ‘pick up’ during England’s World Cup opener
National Grid saw demand for electricity soar by 600 megawatts across the UK when England took on Tunisia in their World Cup opener on Monday (18 June) evening.
Power
UKPN completes Stowmarket upgrade
UK Power Networks has completed a £7.2 million project to boost electricity supplies for homes and businesses across Stowmarket in Suffolk.
Technology & Operations
SP Energy continues work on Scotland connections project
Construction teams at SP Energy Networks have battled through tough terrain to deliver another key stage of the South West Scotland Connections Project.
Gas
Highview Power launches first grid-scale liquid air energy storage plant
Highview Power has successfully designed and built the world's first grid-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant in the UK.
Power
Final stage of Lewes power upgrade starts
UK Power Networks has started work on the final stage of a £2 million project to upgrade electricity supplies in Lewes, Sussex.
Heat
Delivering electricity to the grid
Ørsted's Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm, located off England's north west coastline, will become the world's largest wind farm when it is completed later this year. A high-performance heat-conducting concrete is being used to maximise the transmission of wind turbine generated electricity via the onshore substation at Heysham, Lancashire. Terry Balmer, technical services manager at Hanson Concrete, explains.
Power
Latest phase of £3m Stalybridge power upgrade starts
Electricity North West has started the latest phase of a major £3 million upgrade to the power network that serves the Stalybridge, Buxton, Glossop and High Peak areas.
Gas
Strategies for success
Matt Hindle and Randolph Brazier from the Energy Networks Association discuss how the organisation's gas and electricity innovation strategies will bring major developments to the energy networks.
Power
SSEN invests in Lochinver’s electricity network
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has invested £500,000 to improve and strengthen the resilience of the electricity network serving Lochinver and surrounding areas.
Technology & Operations
New energy guide launched
A new energy guide that is designed to help local communities innovate their way to a smarter, cleaner energy system, has been published by the Energy Networks Association (ENA).
Gas
ENA launches gas and electricity innovation strategies
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has launched its electricity and gas network innovation strategies.
Gas
Collaboration in action
Cadent chief executive Chris Train talks about the importance of gas and electricity network operators working together. There's also a look at the Priority Services Register - a cross-industry initiative designed to help vulnerable customers.
Power
SP investing £5m to keep South Lanarkshire connected
SP Energy Networks is set to invest £5 million to improve electricity connectivity in South Lanarkshire.
Heat
Man cheats death after coming into contact with power line
Electricity North West has issued a safety warning after a man cheated death when he came into contact with a live 11,000-volt power line during the extreme weather.
Power
Network operators responding well to severe weather
Electricity distribution network operators are responding well to the severe weather - with both SSEN and Northern Powergrid working to keep the power on.
Power
£2.1m power boost in Sutton
UK Power Networks, which delivers electricity supplies to over 8.2 million homes and businesses, started a four-month project in November to install 2.8km of underground electricity cabling.
Gas
Britain climbs into top 10 of low carbon power league
Britain has climbed 13 places in a global league table comparing the carbon content of country power supplies in 2012 and 2016.
Power
Loch Buidhe substation powers up
Half of a new substation is now live and working as part of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) network in the north of Scotland.
Gas
Fulcrum granted iDNO licence
Fulcrum Utility Services Limited has announced that its operating subsidiary, Fulcrum Electricity Assets Limited (FEAL), has been granted an independent Distribution Network Operator (iDNO) licence by the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem).
Gas
ABB wins £99m Hinkley Point C contract
ABB will build the power transmission infrastructure for EDF Energy's new Hinkley Point C power plant in Somerset after securing a contract worth £99 million.
Gas
National Grid to lose £185.4m in mid-period spending review
Ofgem has proposed to cut National Grid’s transmission spending allowance for the current price control period by £185.4 million.
Power
Notice of Conformity awarded for new switchgear tech
The Energy Networks Association has granted a Notice of Conformity to Schneider Electric for its medium voltage Premset Outdoor switchgear.