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Labour clean power plan ‘huge challenge but achievable’, says grid operator

Britain must radically shake up the power system, build vast amounts of new pylons and secure £40 billion of annual investment to hit its 2030 clean energy goals, ministers have been told. The National Energy Systems Operator (Neso) said that while ...

05 Nov 2024 at 09:26

Grid operator to outline new energy infrastructure sites in long-term plan

New energy infrastructure locations will be outlined in a strategic plan to help speed up “the transition to clean power” and provide long-term certainty to investors, the Government said. Energy ministers in the Scottish, Welsh and UK governments ...

22 Oct 2024 at 11:14

Reform sets out windfall tax on renewables in bid to undo Net Zero

Farmers who build solar panels on their land will not be able to claim inheritance tax relief, Reform UK has said. Richard Tice also claimed the party would impose a “windfall tax” on renewable energy, as he set out Reform’s plans to “undo the ...

12 Feb 2025 at 21:37

Minister says she would have struggled to sleep if running Heathrow

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she would have struggled to sleep if she were running Heathrow airport during last week’s power outage. She made the comment following a report that the airport’s chief executive went back to bed after ...

24 Mar 2025 at 09:55

Heathrow Airport returning to normal as investigations ordered into power outage

An investigation into the power outage caused by a substation fire that shut Heathrow has been ordered after about 200,000 passengers were affected by the airport’s closure. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has ordered the National Energy System ...

23 Mar 2025 at 11:42

Grid operator ordered to ‘urgently investigate’ Heathrow power outage after fire

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has ordered the National Energy System Operator to “urgently investigate” the power outage caused by a substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport on Friday. He is working with Ofgem and using powers under the ...

22 Mar 2025 at 20:31

PM ‘deeply concerned’ about Heathrow closure

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “deeply concerned” about last week’s Heathrow shutdown. The west London airport was closed to all flights on Friday until around 6pm after a fire at a nearby electricity substation on ...

24 Mar 2025 at 13:08

Heathrow had enough power despite shutdown, says National Grid chief

Heathrow Airport had “enough power” from remaining substations despite Friday’s shutdown, the chief executive of National Grid has said. John Pettigrew said two substations were “always available for the distribution network ...

24 Mar 2025 at 00:35

Substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport was preventable, says watchdog report

Energy watchdog Ofgem has launched an investigation after a report found a fire that caused the shutdown of Heathrow Airport was due to a preventable technical fault. The report by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) ...

02 Jul 2025 at 10:28

Interim report into Heathrow power outage after fire to be published

An interim report into the power outage caused by a substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport will be published on Thursday. The airport was closed to all flights until about 6pm on Friday March 21 after a power outage ...

06 May 2025 at 20:12

Britain’s electricity system is ‘highly resilient’, says minister

Britain’s electricity system is ‘highly resilient’, minister says

Britain’s electricity system is “highly resilient”, energy minister Michael Shanks has said in a bid to reassure MPs following Spain and Portugal’s widespread blackouts. Power has largely been restored across the ...

30 Apr 2025 at 14:58

Fire that led to closure of Heathrow no longer considered ‘potentially criminal’

A fire at an electrical substation which led to the closure of Heathrow Airport last week is no longer being treated as a “potentially criminal matter”, the Metropolitan Police said. The force’s Counter ...

25 Mar 2025 at 15:12

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