'Cleaner energy': National Grid flicks switch on UK-Belgium interconnector

James Murray
clock • 3 min read

'Interconnectors like Nemo Link are the perfect tool to move renewable energy from where it is produced to where it is needed most'

The UK's clean power plans received a major boost today as the latest interconnector with Europe came online, providing up to 1GW of new transmission capacity. National Grid announced that Nemo Link,...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

James Murray
Author spotlight

James Murray

View profile
More from James Murray

'An anchor on our ambition': CBI urges government to do more to tackle high energy costs

'Farming is extremely inefficient': Could sustainable protein solve the looming food security crisis?

More on Infrastructure

Government to fast-track delivery of UK's first two new reservoirs in 30 years
Infrastructure

Government to fast-track delivery of UK's first two new reservoirs in 30 years

Proposed new reservoirs in Lincolnshire and East Anglia declared 'Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects', in a move from Defra to try and speed up the planning approval process

Amber Rolt
clock 28 May 2025 • 3 min read
Mine water scheme provides heat to Welsh industrial site
Infrastructure

Mine water scheme provides heat to Welsh industrial site

Untapped heat from Welsh mine water treatment scheme to provide low-carbon heat for neighbouring business

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 28 May 2025 • 4 min read
Plans unveiled for £170m building insulation factory in North Wales
Infrastructure

Plans unveiled for £170m building insulation factory in North Wales

Government welcomes plans from Knauf Insulation for factory capable of producing more than 100,000 tonnes of rock mineral wool insulation each year

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 20 May 2025 • 2 min read