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3 unusual facts about National Grid


Humber Gateway Wind Farm

--Vestas ? --> wind turbines, with the electrical cable making landfall at Easington, and connecting to the National Grid, at Salt End, on the eastern outskirts of Kingston upon Hull.

Longbridge Weir Hydro

The station primarily exists to power the city councils offices, however, surplus energy is sold back to the National Grid.

Telehouse Europe

In 2012, Telehouse built their own primary substation, at 50MVA and two 132kVA power lines directly connected to the National Grid for the London Docklands site.


Golden Valley, Herefordshire

During 2008 the Golden Valley saw the construction of the National Grid’s 196 km natural gas pipeline from Felindre to Tirley.

Patroon Creek

Several former customers of the plant including National Grid, Eveready, and Union Carbide put up over $4 million for the clean-up being supervised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Sundon

Because of changes to its boundary, the parish no longer includes Sundon Park (which is now an area of Luton) or the "Sundon Substation" of the National Grid for electricity (which lies west of the railway, near the village of Chalton).

Theddlethorpe

The National Grid-owned Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal processes natural gas extracted from beneath the North Sea for use in the UK.

Tyseley

There is now a large incineration plant, the Tyseley Energy from Waste Plant, which burns rubbish and in the process produces electricity for the National Grid.

YTL Power

YTL Power, a subsidiary of YTL Corporation, generates and sell power as an independent power producer to Tenaga Nasional for uploading onto the National Grid, Malaysia.


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Electricity sector in Brazil

About 88 percent of the electricity fed into the national grid is estimated to come from hydroelectric generation, with over 25% coming from a single hydropower plant, the massive 14 GW Itaipu dam facility, located between Brazil and Paraguay on the Paraná River.

Jim Campilongo

Jim Campilongo's original music can be heard on national commercials including National Grid, Volkswagen, SBC, Michelin and Jack Daniel's.

National Grid plc

National Grid Gas plc (formerly Transco) owns and operates the gas transmission network (from terminals to distributors), known as the National Transmission System (NTS), and four distribution networks (from national network to customers): North West of England, East of England (which is split into two areas – East Anglia & East Midlands), West Midlands and London; the distribution networks were former regional divisions of British Gas.

National Transmission System

For distribution to houses, National Grid plc (this division is based in Northampton) owns the network in North West England, the West Midlands, the East Midlands, the East of England and North London.

NIMO

NiMO (National Grid plc), a multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London

San Manuel, Pangasinan

NGCP's San Manuel street-lighting project: the National Transmission Corporation (National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, NGCP) electrified San Manuel from Nagsaag Extra-High Voltage (EHV) substation down to Asuncion Street.

The Guilty Office

Recording of The Guilty Office began on 25–26 August 2007 in the newly built National Grid Studio in Heathcote Valley, Christchurch.

Transmission Gully Motorway

On 16 May 2013, national grid owner Transpower applied for consent to the Kapiti Coast District Council to rebuild its Valley Road, Paraparaumu substation to 220 kV and build two short transmission lines to connect it to the two Bunnythorpe to Haywards 220 kV lines to the east.