The Latest Breaking News from National Grid

May 4 is observed as Coal Miners’ Day in India. Here’s a quiz on non-renewable resources and energy systems in India and the world

I replaced my gas boiler with an electric one, but am still having to pay standing charges

‘The current market was not designed for net zero and left unchanged will impose excessive costs to consumers,’ the National Grid Electricity Systems Operator warned recently.

So, where’s that Energy Security Strategy, eh?

Crédit Agricole and Axa have paid £3 billion for 50% of a wind farm project off the coast of Yorkshire, while Australia’s Macquarie has led a consortium buying 60% of the UK’s gas transmission network

The FTSE 100 business will pocket £2.2bn in cash following the deal with the Australian and Canadian investment firms

Global investors have snapped up the pipeline as National Grid shifts its focus to electricity.

The pylons are intended to reduce the visual impact on the environment and the new design was selected from over 250 entries in a competition held in 2011 by the Royal Institute of British Architects and the government.

Car owners who sign up to the scheme will be paid for the electricity they sell back