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UK Power Networks rolls out automated traffic tool to cut road closures

UK Power Networks has vowed to cut traffic delays as a result of its need to close roads for essential electrical works – thanks to this new software. 

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Eastern Green Link 2 receives planning permission, awaits Ofgem approval

Eastern Green Link 2, the new subsea electricity superhighway that will connect Scotland and England, has been granted planning permission.

UK Power Networks leverages robotic dog to help with tunnel inspections

UK Power Networks has been reducing the amount of time its engineers spend in confined spaces doing tunnel inspections, thanks to a robotic dog.

Powerdown220 offers free voltage optimisation machines to high energy users

Powerdown220 has announced a brand-new scheme that could see high energy users receive a free voltage optimisation machine. 

Amnesty on grid connections could release up to 8GW of capacity

Ofgem has given National Grid ESO the go-ahead to implement an amnesty that could see up to 8GW of capacity released. 

Increasingly flexible energy use could save £14.1 billion a year by 2040

A more flexible approach to energy use could help cut national wholesale and system electricity costs by an estimated £14.1 billion a year.

Megger announces grid performance seminar

Megger has announced a one-day Grid Performance seminar in Birmingham that is set to take place on October 18, 2023. 

National Grid completes erection of new T-pylons for Hinkley Connection Project

All 116 new T-pylons being constructed as part of National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project have been erected.

France retakes position as Europe’s top net exporter of power

France is once again the biggest net exporter of power in Europe, retaking the position it lost to Sweden in 2022.

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