Requests for gas connections by operators amount to more than 15 terawatt hours per year, endangering climate targets
More than 100 new datacentres in the UK plan to burn gas to generate electricity, …
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Farming the Roman way: unearthed 1,800-year-old farmhouse had cosy covered porch - and a bathhouse! ⊕
The remains of the villa were discovered by archaeologists investigating a route due to have power cables laid, bringing energy from offshore wind farms to the National Grid.
3 months ago
Is No 10 seeking its own destruction? Why else would it botch its council plans and hand a victory to Farage? | Polly Toynbee ⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Labour promised ‘ambitious reforms’, but it was fixing things that were not broken. And the moral: focus on what matters and stop making stupid mistakes
What were they thinking? Labour inherited the w…
6 months ago
The Hives review – veteran punk’n’rollers fizz with megawatt energy ⊕⊕
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Twenty-five years on from their first UK tour, the Swedish band are at their cartoonish, snarling best, eager to prove themselves rather than wallow in nostalgia
‘I’m powering clothes, t…
What happens when a solar flare destroys the National Grid and internet? Electrity, planes, banks and hospitals fail. Your fridge explodes. Looting's rampant and thousands freeze. Terrifying? Experts say it's shockingly likely ⊖⊖
An explosion like a bomb shook the windows. All the lights went out. Along the street, people peered out to see the twisted TV aerial where the bolt of lightning had struck.
9 months ago
The Sun King: Charles's new mini solar farm now provides ALL power to Sandringham ○
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The eco-conscious monarch's new solar farm in Norfolk is fully powering his Sandringham Estate, as well as a small amount left over feeding the National Grid.
10 months ago
Heathrow fire cost airport tens of millions of pounds, says CEO ○
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Thomas Woldbye speaks of damages claim as a possibility and expresses caution over a third runway
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The substation fire that closed Heathrow for almost a day in March cost …
11 months ago
National Grid failures led to fire that caused Heathrow shutdown, report says ○
The closure of Heathrow, the busiest airport in Europe, cost airlines tens of millions of pounds.
Heathrow substation fire ‘caused by fault first identified seven years ago’ ○
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Ofgem opens investigation into National Grid as report finds incident that cut airport power was preventable
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The root cause of the substation fire that shut Heathrow airp…
Heathrow fire caused by ‘catastrophic failure’ at substation ○
Finding from official review raises questions for National Grid