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Electricity Explained
Trial to determine if moving home energy demand out of peak times can support electricity system this winter
Participating homes could reduce power demand by 150MW during each two-hour…
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In a successful tender process, National Grid ESO is set to deliver substantial constraint cost savings for consumers. Initial estimates suggest the service could deliver annual savings of £20m to…
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In this blog our Energy Intelligence Manager James Kelloway introduces our Carbon Intensity app, a free resource aimed at empowering people to make more conscious decisions about how they consume…
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We’re moving closer to our ambition of periods of zero-carbon operations by 2025 and hit some significant milestones on our journey last year. Take a look back at how electricity was generated and…
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With another year over, the ESO looks back at how electricity was generated and used across 2022, and some of the notable events seen through the year. How we generated electricity in Great…
Electricity Explained
As Great Britain’s electricity system operator, our role is to move it around the country from where it’s generated to where it’s needed. We don’t create or sell electricity – there’s an…
Electricity Explained
Energy storage allows us to move energy through time, capturing it when we have too much and saving it for when we don’t have enough.When we have excess electricity, perhaps on a really windy day,…