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We power the lives of people across Britain, New York and Massachusetts, moving energy from where it’s made to the communities that need it, every single day.
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    National Grid
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    Oct 10, 2023
    📣 We’ve connected the world’s LARGEST offshore wind farm to our electricity transmission network – and it’s just produced power for the first time! ⚡ Learn more about @SSERenewables' #DoggerBank, and how it will power homes and businesses around Britain when it completes 💡
    National Grid connects world's largest offshore wind farm
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    National Grid
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    Jun 21, 2019
    Welcome to a new era of clean power 🌱 This year more of Britain's electricity is being generated from #zerocarbon sources than fossil fuels for the first time since the Industrial Revolution. This milestone is happening now, discover more: buff.ly/2RogeDi #GreenerGrid
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    Dec 29, 2023
    🔌⚡ Viking Link is SWITCHED ON!! After 10 years of international collaboration with @EnerginetDK and 5 years of construction, our newest interconnector between the UK and Denmark is switched on. The electricity link stretches a record-breaking 765km (475 miles) making it the
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    Jul 3, 2018
    Congrats @England on getting through in the #WorldCup ! So the surge in demand for the #ENG vs #COL⚽️ game was even bigger than we predicted with 1200MGW. That's the same as 400k kettles being turned on. Well done lads - have a cuppa ☕️on us!
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    National Grid
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    Jan 28, 2020
    To reach #NetZero by 2050 we'll need hundreds of thousands of people across the generations to join the energy sector and fill around 400K jobs. Find out more about how we think we can get there: ngrid.com/2O3qf8G #JobThatCantWait #NetZeroReady
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    Oct 1, 2021
    Meet some of the people who helped make the #NorthSeaLink interconnector possible over the last 6 years, navigating fjords, mountains & 720km under the North Sea. ​For the first time, the UK & Norway can share renewable electricity, in partnership with @Statnett. 🇳🇴​ #GreenerGrid
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    Connecting the UK to clean, reliable energy
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    National Grid
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    Oct 19, 2020
    Building a vast undersea cable connecting the UK & France to share #cleanenergy takes a huge team effort. Get to know people from National Grid, @rte_france, @HitachiPG, @morgansindall & Gosport MP @cj_dinenage. ngrid.com/3nVS2YX #ConnectingCleanEnergy
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    National Grid
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    Oct 1, 2021
    Today marks the first day of sharing #renewableenergy with Norway via the #NorthSea Link. 🇳🇴 ⛏️ 6 years' work with @Statnett ​ 🔌 450 miles long​ 🏡 Enough capacity to power 1.4m homes with clean electricity​ 🍃 23m tonnes of carbon emissions saved by 2030​ #GreenerGrid
    National Grid powers up world’s longest subsea interconnector
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    National Grid
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    Mar 21, 2023
    🎉 The very first T-pylons have now been energised! 💡 The first pylon design in nearly a century is now officially in use, with the energisation of 36 T-pylons between Bridgwater and Loxton in #Somerset. 🎯 A major milestone for the #HinkleyConnectionProject 🙌
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    The world's first T-pylons
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    National Grid
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    Sep 26, 2017
    We can confirm summer 2017 as the 'greenest ever'. Almost 52% of our power was met by low carbon sources: ngrid.com/2yDSJfZ
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    National Grid
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    May 28, 2020
    In the first two weeks of the pandemic, #foodbanks in @TrussellTrust’s network distributed more than 6,250 emergency food parcels every day – and 3,000 of these were for children. This isn’t right. Find out more on their website: bit.ly/3gqUeE1
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    National Grid
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    Feb 4, 2020
    This #NationalApprenticeshipWeek we're celebrating apprentices like Nathan, who are helping us to get to #NetZero by 2050. This decade alone we need to increase low carbon electricity generation by c.50%. Are you up for joining him? ngrid.com/2O3qf8G #JobThatCantWait
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    National Grid
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    Apr 7, 2021
    The UK energy split has been reported on TV for the first time! 📺 Realtime @ng_eso data showing the split of #renewables, #nuclearpower and #fossilfuels will be aired on @SkyNews #DailyClimateShow Monday to Friday at 6.30pm & 9.30pm. youtu.be/9Auq9mYxFEE #netzero #COP26
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    National Grid
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    Jan 22, 2021
    Our newest interconnector, #IFA2 is now able to flow at full capacity. 🔌 This 149-mile subsea cable #ConnectingCleanEnergy between the UK & France can share up to 1000-megawatts of #lowcarbon electricity, helping us reach #netzero. @rte_france @UKinFrance @tradegovukFRA
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    Our second link with France is flowing at full capacity
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