Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, England. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom, where it owns and operates electricity and natural gas transmission networks, and in the Northeastern United States, where as well as operating transmission networks, the company ...
The National Grid is the high-voltage electric power transmission network serving Great Britain, connecting power stations and major substations, and ensuring that electricity generated anywhere on the grid can be used to satisfy demand elsewhere. The network serves the majority of Great Britain and some of the surrounding islands.
CEO, National Grid plc (2007–2016) Board member of. Marks and Spencer. Spouse. Katharine R Patterson. Children. 3. Steven John Holliday FREng, [1] born 26 October 1956, [2] is a British businessman and engineer. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of National Grid plc from 2007 to 2016.
400 kV and 132 kV. London Power Tunnels is a project by National Grid to reinforce the electricity transmission network in London, UK, by constructing more than 60 km of new deep-level tunnels carrying high-voltage cables. The new network of tunnels replaces a series of ageing power cables, most of which were buried directly beneath roads.
John Mark Pettigrew was born in October 1968 in Pontypridd, Wales. [1] [2] His father was John Pettigrew and his mother, Patricia. [2] Pettigrew graduated from Cardiff University, [3] where he earned a bachelor of science in economics and a master's degree in international economics and banking. [2]
The United Kingdom's National Transmission System ( NTS) is the network of gas pipelines that supply gas to about forty power stations and large industrial users from natural gas terminals situated on the coast, and to gas distribution companies that supply commercial and domestic users. It covers Great Britain, i.e. England, Wales and Scotland.
The project partners for the main proposal are National Grid plc in the UK, Landsvirkjun, the state-owned generator in Iceland, and Landsnet, the Icelandic Transmission System Operator (TSO). An alternative proposal by Edi Truell's company Disruptive Capital Finance goes by the name "Atlantic SuperConnection", but it requires UK government ...
The first high-voltage substations in Britain were built as part of the National Grid in 1927–33 by the Central Electricity Board under the provisions of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1926. The substations and the grid operated at 132 kV and provided local and regional inter-connections. [1] Higher voltage substations were built as part of the ...