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GridteamAI · The Wire |
18 September |
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Great British Energy · 17 September 2026
GB Energy launches £30 million fund for community-owned clean power
Great British Energy has opened a £30 million funding round for community-owned renewable energy projects, part of a wider plan for up to £1 billion of investment across more than 1,000 schemes. Local authorities and community groups can apply for grants to build assets such as solar and wind, retaining ownership and the resulting profits.
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Our read
The £30 million tranche is small against the stated £1 billion ambition, so the test is how many of the 1,000 projects reach construction rather than application.
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National Gas · 17 September 2026
National Gas starts design work on Scotland to Teesside hydrogen link
National Gas has begun advanced engineering design on the St Fergus to Teesside section of Project Union, a planned 350-mile hydrogen pipeline linking Scottish and English industrial clusters. The phase is backed by a £164 million funding package and is projected to support around 3,100 jobs at peak construction.
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Design work is a funded step, but Project Union's 1,500-mile full network remains a fraction built.
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SSEN Transmission · 17 September 2026
SSEN Transmission opens £10 million fund for northern Scotland communities
SSEN Transmission has launched a Strategic Investment Fund worth £10 million over two years for organisations across northern Scotland, with an initial £5 million round offering grants of £1 million to £5 million per project. The fund targets fuel poverty and skills and employability, with a further £5 million expected in 2027.
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Our read
At grants of up to £5 million each, this sits well above the typical community benefit fund and reads as a deliberate step up in scale.
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Great British Energy · 16 September 2026
Great British Energy advances plan for floating wind component hub
Great British Energy is progressing work on a UK Major Component Replacement Hub intended to support the floating offshore wind sector, under its Deepwater Wind Commercialisation Programme. The organisation is now running market engagement with industry and public sector bodies to test delivery models and gauge the case for public sector involvement.
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This is still at the market-engagement stage, well short of a funding or site decision.
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NESO · 11 September 2026
NESO says coordinated planning needed after NAO grid cost report
The National Audit Office published a report on 11 September on the cost of upgrading Great Britain's electricity transmission network. NESO's chief operating officer responded that consumers benefit when generation, network and demand growth are planned and delivered together, tying the point to the Clean Power 2030 programme.
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Our read
NESO's response reads as a pre-emptive defence of its own planning remit ahead of scrutiny on transmission costs.
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