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  2. National Grid to spend $2 billion on energy grid. Will Mass ...

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    By 2035, the company expects those investments will boost the grid's capacity to supply electricity to power more than a million electric cars and 750,000 heat pumps in Massachusetts.

  3. Energy policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    He also invoked the Defense Production Act to boost manufacturing of solar cells, renewable energy generators, fuel cells, electricity-dependent clean fuel equipment, building insulation, heat pumps, critical power grid infrastructure, and electric vehicle batteries. [49] [50]

  4. Ravenswood Generating Station - Wikipedia

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    National Grid plc acquired KeySpan in 2007 [4] but due to its involvement in electrical transmission the New York Public Service Commission required National Grid to sell Ravenswood to ensure competition in the market. On August 26, 2008, Ravenswood was sold by National Grid to TransCanada Corporation for $2.9 billion. [5]

  5. Electricity in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    Following the unauthorised but successful short term parallelling of all regional grids by the night-time engineers on 29 October 1937, [23] by 1938 the grid was operating as a national system. By then, the growth in the number of electricity users was the fastest in the world, rising from three quarters of a million in 1920 to nine million in ...

  6. District heating - Wikipedia

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    The Spittelau incineration plant is one of several plants that provide district heating in Vienna, Austria. Animated image showing how district heating works. District heating (also known as heat networks) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location through a system of insulated pipes for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water ...

  7. National Grid plc - Wikipedia

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    National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, England. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom, where it owns and operates electricity and natural gas transmission networks, and in the Northeastern United States, where as well as operating transmission networks, the company produces and supplies electricity and gas ...

  8. Microgeneration - Wikipedia

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    Microgeneration is the small-scale production of heat or electric power from a "low carbon source," as an alternative or supplement to traditional centralized grid-connected power. Microgeneration technologies include small-scale wind turbines , micro hydro , solar PV systems , microbial fuel cells , ground source heat pumps , and micro ...

  9. National Grid (Great Britain) - Wikipedia

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    Map of the National Grid. The National Grid is the high-voltage electric power transmission network supporting the UK's electricity market, connecting power stations and major substations, and ensuring that electricity generated anywhere on the grid can be used to satisfy demand elsewhere. The network serves the majority of Great Britain and ...