Northern Powergrid, the company responsible for keeping the lights on for 3.9 million homes and businesses across the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, has teamed up with engineering and design consultancy Arup, to help

We've joined forces with Newcastle University to enhance its understanding of electrical losses from the region's power network.

We're offering gas and electricity network operators across the UK, and beyond, the opportunity to learn from our game-changing ACE project with the public release of our final report and findings.

We're the UK’s first distribution network operator (DNO) to trial an innovative new eco-paint.

We've released details of our unique ACE project which has found that mobile games could become an important tool for energy companies as they seek to manage power demand and keep costs down for customers.

We're championing a new sustainable ultra-strong wood pole manufacturing technique that reduces material use by up to 85%.

Innovative self-healing fluid-filled power cables that can minimise environmental impact and increase efficiencies could save our network up to £20m over the next five years.

​​​​​​​We're part of a team of experts from the motoring and energy sectors and academia that have come together to play a leading role in the world’s first, large-scale trial of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology.

The £4m Foresight project, which is developing game-changing fault detection technology, will reach its first-year milestone this Christmas and is progressing well.

Northern Powergrid has announced plans to put its eight million customers at the heart of the smart grid, creating a new energy market where they can make money from solar panels, electric vehicles and home batteries.

November is a particularly busy and exciting month for us in terms of sharing our innovations plans and listening to your suggestions and opinions.

Northern Powergrid, fellow utility companies across the North East and Yorkshire and the Energy Innovation Centre (EIC) are working together to better understand the impact of utility maintenance, replacement and repair activities on