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SMMT warns 14-year grid waits threaten UK car industry’s green future

Britain’s car makers have urged ministers to radically overhaul the country’s grid-connection process, citing the risk to the industry's decarbonisation plans.

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Ofgem green-lights £24 billion investment in Britain’s grid

Ofgem has provisionally approved a £24bn investment plan that will launch the biggest upgrade of the high-voltage electricity grid since the 1960s.

UK Government declines bespoke CfD for Morocco interconnector

The Government has opted against financially backing an interconnector that would connect the UK and Morocco.

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.

UK Power Networks adopts steel pole supports to bolster overhead line resilience

UK Power Networks has begun reinforcing thousands of aging wooden electricity poles with steel support trusses.

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.

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