UK electricity networks offer earlier grid connections for 7.8GW of clean power projects

Stuart Stone
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(L-R) National Grid Electricity Distribution's Steve Cross and Adam King at the Horsey Levels solar farm launch - Credit: National Grid
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(L-R) National Grid Electricity Distribution's Steve Cross and Adam King at the Horsey Levels solar farm launch - Credit: National Grid

Grid connection dates for over 200 clean energy projects brought forward by an average of 6.5 years, National Grid reveals

More than 200 clean energy projects representing over 7.8GW of capacity could be connected to the grid up to a decade sooner than previously envisaged, providing a major boost in the race to decarbonise...

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