Labour pledges public ownership of networks
The party’s manifesto argues that privatisation has “failed to deliver an energy system that delivers for people, businesses or our environment.”
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Fit for digital
The drive for the UK’s low carbon future is demanding enormous changes in our entire electricity system. Not only is there sustained, rapid growth in inherently variable renewables, generation is no longer centralized but can be distributed over a wide geographical area, so that the traditional one-way flow model is being replaced by multi-directional flows.
Final phase of £3m Stalybridge power upgrade starts
Engineers from the network operator are replacing 7.4km of underground power cable, which has been keeping the lights on since the 1960s, with new updated and environmentally-friendly electricity cables.
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Fifth OFTO tender round kicks off
The round will allow companies bid to become owners of five transmission links to offshore windfarms, which have an estimated value of £2 billion in total and a generation capacity of 2.3GW.
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ENA launches next stage of innovation strategy plans
Energy Networks Association (ENA), representing the UK’s 15 gas and electricity transmission and distribution networks, is today (24 October) opening registration for two industry workshops on its Electricity Innovation Strategy to be hosted next month. The workshops, which are free to attend and will be held in Glasgow and London, have been designed to seek maximum input from stakeholders in shaping the future of network innovation.
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Composite conductor cuts transmission connection time
SSEN, under its transmission licence, offered the accelerated grid connection date to ensure the farm qualifies for the Renewables Obligation scheme before the scheme closes.
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Composite poles used to power up Scotland
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) and Balfour Beatty have successfully energised the connection, which will add capacity for a further 220 MW of renewable energy to the transmission system.
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£70m network upgrade project progressing well
Since the 18-month project started in Spring last year, SSEN Transmission’s teams have installed over 45km of new overhead line, replacing the original which was installed in 1955 and is now approaching the end of its scheduled working lifespan.
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£1bn ‘energy superhighway’ gets royal opening
National Grid has recently flicked the switch to energise over 200km of high voltage electricity cables carried inside a network of 32km of tunnels as part of a seven-year project to rewire the capital.
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