UK Power Networks issues winter warning to hauliers
The country’s biggest electricity distributor has launched a powerful new winter safety drive aimed at saving the lives of road hauliers. UK Power Networks has joined forces with the Road Haulage Association to promote safe working procedures near overhead power lines and reduce the risk of serious accidents. With the darker winter evenings another potential […]
UK Power Networks leaders support inclusivity with Scope partnership
Senior staff at the UK’s biggest electricity distributor have led by example to demonstrate the company’s commitment to disability training. To mark International Day of People with Disabilities (3 December), the company’s senior leadership team received two-fold training from charity partner Scope to help ensure UK Power Networks’ customers and staff with a disability receive […]
UK Power Networks tell families ‘tis the season to stay safe at home
Families are being urged to stay safe with the big switch on of Christmas lights inside and outside their homes this festive season. UK Power Networks is reminding people to put safety first ahead of the first weekend of December, when many homes will put up festive decorations. This applies to appreciating the risks when […]
UK Power Networks takes centre stage for Theatreland engagement
Keeping the community informed about a £15m electricity project beneath Leicester Square in London has won the dedicated project team a best-in-class national award. The 23rd Energy Institute (EI) Awards ceremony took place in London, celebrating a diverse range of talent from across the energy sector. UK Power Networks won the Public Engagement Award. The […]
‘Dig once’ venture by UK Power Networks powers London development
Utilities have worked on a new joint venture that will create extra infrastructure and reduce roadworks for residents in the East End of London. For the past 18 months, UK Power Networks and Thames Water have been working with the Mayor of London’s Infrastructure Coordination Service and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to develop […]
Leicester Square flagship project inspires worksite innovation
Innovative ways to replace massive underground equipment without disrupting communities are set to be copied from UK Power Networks’ recent Leicester Square substation upgrade. The firm used a ‘megalift’ self-loading trailer for the first time to reduce each new transformer’s delivery time by four weeks and achieved new heights of community engagement by working closely […]
Networks trialling motorsport inspired technology to cut generator emissions
Three cleaner fuels are to be trialled in mobile electricity generators used to power homes, in a move towards cleaner air and transition to net zero emissions. UK Power Networks will use lower emission fuels to replace diesel in generators. The industry-first project will see homes and businesses in Kent use the alternative fuel in […]
UK Power Networks kicks off greener travel
Preparations for the electrification of hundreds of buses at Tower Transit’s Lea Interchange have kicked off as part of the UK’s biggest green recovery programme. UK Power Networks is investing £66 million into over 86 sites, to deliver electricity connections for low carbon energy projects that will help achieve the government’s Ten Point Plan towards […]
£1m Sutton power upgrade unlocks a greener future
UK Power Networks has fast-tracked electricity infrastructure work in Sutton to allow 84 new electric buses to charge up. The company has completed a nine-month project in the town as part of the Green Recovery scheme. Experts have made an extra 3.8MW of electricity available to Go-Ahead London’s Sutton bus garage, enabling electric buses to […]
World’s largest electric vehicle dataset released
The world’s largest dataset on commercial electric vehicles (EVs) is now available for anyone to use for free, helping the UK prepare for mass uptake of EVs in the transition to net zero. Real world data collected from over 6,000 EVs as part of UK Power Networks’ innovation project, Optimise Prime, offers unparalleled insight into […]