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The UK's first SF6-free gas-insulated transmission substation is under construction
In a first for the UK, high-voltage SF6-free switchgear is being installed at our new Bengeworth Road substation, part of the £1 billion London Power Tunnels 2 project.
This is a major milestone in the journey to replace SF6 – a greenhouse gas 24,300 times more potent than CO2 - with greener alternatives.
Behind the scenes with our overhead line workers (Podcast)
Meet the unsung heroes who scale the heights to keep our electricity networks resilient through rain or snow, winds or storms, in the latest episode of The Clean Energy Revolution podcast.
Hear what life is like as an overhead line worker as we speak to Amy Broz, who has worked on our networks in New York for over 30 years, and Tom Norris, an overhead lines training instructor based in the UK.
We've been voted one of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work in 2025
We’ve been named a winner of Glassdoor’s annual Employees’ Choice Awards, honouring the best places to work in the UK for 2025. The awards are based on the input of employees who voluntarily provide anonymous feedback about their job, work environment and employer over the past year.
The UK’s biggest EV battery factory is set to open in 2026
A multi-million pound electrical engineering project is underway to connect the biggest battery factory in the country to the grid.
Due to open in 2026, the factory aims to supply almost half of the batteries needed by the UK’s automotive industry by the early 2030s and create 4,000 green tech jobs.
£13.8 million support programme launched for households struggling with energy costs
The Grid for Good Energy Affordability Fund will run for three years, supporting vulnerable UK and US households through charities and organisations that are making a difference to fuel poverty in our communities.
£2.5 billion subsea electricity superhighway begins construction
Eastern Green Link 1 – a joint venture between SP Energy Networks and National Grid Electricity Transmission – will transport green electricity for two million homes along a predominantly undersea cable linking the south-east of Scotland with the north-east of England.
Will apprenticeships transform the engineering profession?
The UK’s ambitious 2030 goals will require the energy sector to recruit and train for thousands of new roles over the coming years.
Kate Grant, Director of Asset Operation at National Grid Electricity Transmission, explores why the role of apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on the sector should not be overlooked.
Future Energy Scenarios released for our Distribution network
Our latest Distribution Future Energy Scenarios (DFES), which align with the national Future Energy Pathways produced by NESO, indicate how we expect demand and generation to grow on our UK Distribution network.
The scenarios represent a year’s worth of data-gathering to understand the impact that the growth in low carbon technologies, generation and storage will have on the network.
Increased competition in flexibility markets leads to savings on the energy system
The National Grid Distribution System Operator (DSO) has awarded 525 flexibility trades in its UK regions, procuring over 18GWh of availability. Increased competition in local flexibility markets can deliver significant savings as they incentivise consumers to change their energy demand or generation behaviour at times when the energy system is most in demand
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