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A National Grid ESO spokesperson said: “This evening we had an unexpected and unusual event, the loss of two generators that connect to the GB transmission system, which led to a fall in the…
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A National Grid Electricity System Operator spokesperson said: “We have been working hard, in parallel with colleagues across the industry to understand the causes of the 9 August power cuts and why…
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Fraser Macmillan, one of our extremely talented Data Scientists, was last night named a runner up in the Rising Star category at the National Skills Academy for Power Awards. We asked to…
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Dr Biljana Stojkovska, Innovation Manager and Power Potential Project Lead at National Grid ESO, has been nominated a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
A Fellowship, the…
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National Grid ESO has just launched its 2019 Future Energy Scenarios (FES) report, mapping out credible pathways and scenarios for the future of energy for the next 30 years and beyond. It’s THE…
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We recently shared our ambition to be able to operate the GB electricity system carbon free by 2025. In order to achieve that goal, we are finding new ways of managing system characteristics like…
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National Grid’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) has been asked by Ofgem to develop proposals for the potential introduction of early model competition in onshore transmission.
The scheme, also…
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I have worked for National Grid ESO for eight years, but I have always seen engineering as my life. I hold a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a masters in power systems engineering,…
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Every year, the UK is short of around 59,000 engineers and of the engineers we’re lucky enough to have, just 12% are women and 9% are BAME.*
The reasons for this are varied, but one of the biggest…
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UK first sees National Grid ESO working with Lightsource BP and UK Power Networks to use a solar plant at night time to help balance the grid.
In a successful trial, which took place on Monday 4th…