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Electricity Explained
If you haven’t thought about EVs yet, you soon will. We predict there’ll be up to 37.4 million of them on the road by 2050.Most major governments have already committed to ban the sale of new petrol…
Electricity Explained
Is it the kettle, the old school light bulbs, the tumble dryer? And did you check the power consumption on that new outdoor heater you bought for your garden makeover?
Electricity Explained
We’ve been hearing about electric vehicles (EVs) for a while now and with the UK government banning the sale of all diesel and petrol cars by 2030, EVs need to be the ‘now’ rather than the future.…
Electricity Explained
We estimate that up to 37.4 million Electric Vehicles (EVs) will be on UK roads by 2050 – that’s a huge increase on today, where there are fewer than 1 million. Such…
Future energy
At the ESO we keep the grid balanced to ensure that electricity supply always meets demand. To achieve this highly complex activity, we have a team of experts in our control centre who are…
Future energy
The Carbon Intensity App has been built in partnership with the WWF, Environmental Defense Fund Europe and the University of Oxford department of Computer Science.Our app can be used by…
Future energy
Innovation, and the new solutions and technologies it generates, is playing an important role in shaping the ESO and energy landscape of the future.In the 12 months, from April 2022 to March 2023,…
Future energy
The System Operability Framework (SOF) takes a holistic view of the changing energy landscape to assess the future operation of Britain's electricity networks.The SOF combines insight from the…
Future energy
Our Innovation Strategy is developed using feedback from across industry and ESO subject matter experts. It has been informed by other ESO strategies such as the ESO Digitalisation Strategy…
Future energy
Collaborate with the Electricity System Operator to deliver innovation.The National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) is investing in innovation by working with industry and academia to develop…