Great Grid Partnership: National Grid teams up with seven firms to speed up electricity infrastructure delivery

Stuart Stone
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Credit: National Grid: L-R top row:  Kate Hall (AECOM Arup JV), Simon Innis (Omexom Taylor Woodrow JV), Alain Loosveld (Morrison), John Murphy (Murphy),  Simon Smith (Morgan Sindall), Paul Tremble (WSP), Madeleina Loughrey-Grant (Laing O’Rourke)
L-R bottom row: Matt Staley, Julie Taylor, Carl Trowell, Katie O'Hara (all National Grid)
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Credit: National Grid: L-R top row: Kate Hall (AECOM Arup JV), Simon Innis (Omexom Taylor Woodrow JV), Alain Loosveld (Morrison), John Murphy (Murphy), Simon Smith (Morgan Sindall), Paul Tremble (WSP), Madeleina Loughrey-Grant (Laing O’Rourke) L-R bottom row: Matt Staley, Julie Taylor, Carl Trowell, Katie O'Hara (all National Grid)

National Grid launches partnership charged with delivering its so-called Great Grid Upgrade to ramp up renewable power capacity

National Grid has brought together seven firms from across the UK's energy infrastructure supply chain, as part of a new initiative announced this week aimed at speeding up the delivery of much-needed...

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