#National Grid

USA: National Grid and Siemens Energy are teaming for a cutting-edge upgrade of a National Grid substation with Siemens Energy designed “Blue circuit breakers.”

UK, London: National Grid has awarded Linxon the substation package relating to its London Power Tunnels 2 project in the United Kingdom.

USA, Buffalo: As part of an $11 M project, National Grid built a tunnel beneath the Buffalo River to modernize and improve electricity infrastructure.

UK: Thousands of homes could soon be warmed by the heat from giant electricity grid transformers for the first time as part of new plans.

National Grid described it as the size of a bungalow – Suffolk Highways preferred the weight equivalent of 14.5 double decker buses.

National Grid has successfully delivered a new 178 T transformer, to Sandford substation site, a part of the Hinkley Connection Project.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is contributing to National Grid’s interconnector, IFA2, the second direct current electrical interconnector between Britain and France.

USA, Rhode Island, Providence: National Grid tackles the challenges of replacing a 100-year-old substation in the heart of Providence.

Construction on a new National Grid substation is completed, though work around the station will continue through the next couple of months.

National Grid agreed contracts with 5 parties worth £328 M over a six-year period for services to manage the stability of its electricity system in Britain.

New Zealand: Transpower will undertake a lengthy programme of work on the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) link, which allows power to be transmitted between the North and South Islands, to improve the resilience and security of the national grid.

UK: GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions has energized the Bolney substation —the first of three substations to be part of the largest STATCOM scheme in Europe, owned by UK utility National Grid.

US: National Grid released results for the first part of an interconnection study that put nearly 1 GW of Massachusetts solar projects on hold.

US: National Grid utility acquired renewables developer Geronimo Energy for $100 M.

UK: National Grid has given Balfour Beatty a $63 M (£50 M) contract to replace a high-voltage substation at Littlebrook Power Station in Kent.

To help prevent disruption in power transmission in East Azerbaijan Province, a mobile substation will be synchronized with the national grid in June.

London-based engineering firm J. Murphy & Sons has been awarded a $31 M contract by National Grid to design and build a new substation in Barking, East London.

Argentina is on the lookout for builders and operators of a 500 kV transmission line meant improve the national grid ahead of a planned renewable energy boom.

The U.S. and its key Pacific allies announced plans to build a $1.7 billion electricity grid in Papua New Guinea, in an effort to counter China’s growing influence in the region, reports T&D World.

UK, Lincolnshire: A new electricity substation planned to be built near Hatton, Lincolnshire has been approved by the local district council’s planning committee.

United Kingdom: The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has approved the UK National Grid’s Hinkley-Seabank project, which is a power grid upgrade needed for connecting the 3.2 GW Hinkley Point C nuclear power station to the grid.

United Kingdom, Suffolk: A huge 170-tonne transformer has been transported down Suffolk coast on the A12 and delivered to a new electricity substation at Leiston.

The Philippines, Manila: The Energy Regulatory Commission has approved the petition of National Grid Corp. of the Philippines to build the $75 million Pagbilao extra high voltage substation in order to connect new power plants in Quezon province with a total capacity of 2,720 MW.

Kenya: About 300,000 households and businesses will be linked to Kenya’s national grid after the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a $130 million loan for a low-cost connection project.