#National Grid

The proposed 60 km overhead line will connect new substations and enhance electricity transmission from the East Coast to the Midlands and southern England.

The new network upgrade includes SF6-free substation in Buckinghamshire to power data centres, support digital growth, and reduce emissions.

National Grid is set to replace aging equipment at the Staffordshire substation with a police-escorted transformer delivery on 2 June.

Zoë Yujnovich is succeeding John Pettigrew as National Grid’s CEO in November 2025, marking a pivotal leadership shift for the global energy network giant.

National Grid’s Sea Link application has been accepted by the Planning Inspectorate.

A new electricity connection is set to be developed between Kent and Suffolk.

Microsoft warns that UK grid delays could derail its $3.2 B data centre investment, risking setbacks for AI and cloud infrastructure expansion.

National Grid awarded two parts of a $76 HVDC supply chain framework to deliver the required works and equipment.

The first of three new sets of high-voltage electricity cables connecting Dinorwig hydroelectric power station in Gwynedd to National Grid’s transmission network has been energised.

National Grid plc has agreed to sell its National Grid Renewables US onshore renewables business to Brookfield Asset Management.

LionLink interconnector has announced Walberswick as the preferred landfall location for the subsea interconnector between the UK and the Netherlands.

Construction has started on Eastern Green Link 1, a joint venture between SP Energy Networks and National Grid Electricity Transmission.

A National Grid engineering project is underway to meet the power needs of the UK’s biggest electric vehicle battery factory being built in Somerset.

A refurbishment of National Grid’s overhead transmission network is planned to start in the coming months between substations in Lovedean and Bolney.

178 tonne supergrid transformer and specialist SF6-free technology arrived at National Grid’s new 400 kV Bengeworth Road substation.

National Grid has energised a 132 kV indoor substation in Barking, East London, to help power homes, businesses, and rail services.

National Grid will deliver a supergrid transformer to its West Weybridge substation in New Haw near Addlestone.

On 27 October, National Grid will deliver two large supergrid transformers to a new substation under construction near Little Horsted, Uckfield, East Sussex.

Construction on the £4.3 billion ($5.8 billion) EGL2 project took a step forward on Thursday with a simultaneous ground-breaking ceremony in Scotland and England.

The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has approved the development consent order application for the Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement.

National Grid is starting work on the £400 million ($528.7 million) Yorkshire GREEN project, which will upgrade the infrastructure in North Yorkshire.

Ofgem has given its final approval on the costs associated with the delivery of Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), enabling construction to start on the 525 kV 2 GW subsea connection.

The transformer forms part of a high voltage electricity network upgrade in the area.

The Hylton Castle substation will provide a new grid connection for Nissan, AESC UK and Sunderland City Council’s EV36Zero electric vehicle hub at the site.