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UK Government places electricity network at heart of economic revival

The UK Government has pinned its hopes of economic revival onto the electricity network, with manufacturers set to see energy bill reductions.

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NGED funds new research programme to create a more ‘agile’ grid

National Grid Electricity Distribution is investing more than £200,000 in a research programme at the University of Bath to make the grid more 'agile'.

How to build a resilient energy system

Net zero can’t wait. Rolf Bienert (OpenADR Alliance) maps the blueprint for a flexible, secure UK grid by 2025.

Rolls-Royce SMR wins race to build UK’s first small modular reactors

Rolls-Royce SMR has been named the preferred bidder by Great British Energy to deliver the UK’s first fleet of small modular reactors (SMRs). 

UK Government commits £14.2 billion to Sizewell C, promises 10,000 jobs

The UK Government has confirmed that it will up its stake in the long-awaited Sizewell C nuclear plant to £14.2 billion.

We need modern transformers if we’re going to achieve net zero

Could organisations be unwittingly stalling their decarbonisation efforts by overlooking one key piece of infrastructure?  

National Grid breaks ground on new substation to power London’s data centres

National Grid has begun construction of its new Uxbridge Moor substation that will connect more than a dozen data centres on the fringes of London.

Will Iberia’s blackout finally jolt Europe into upgrading its overstretched power grids?

April’s Spanish-Portuguese outage is a stark warning – and Europe must strengthen and smarten its grids before the next blackout hits.

Amazon calls for nuclear power to fuel the UK’s AI data centre surge

Amazon has called for the UK to accelerate the rollout of new nuclear power stations if it hopes to keep pace with the AI boom.

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