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There are also many misconceptions

A third of Brits 'confused' where their energy at home comes from

Heathrow Airport in darkness after a fire at a nearby electrical substation.

Watch: Heathrow Airport in darkness after electrical substation blaze

The 300ft chimneys that once delivered steam from the power station over the city. The former Portsmouth power station from Cambridge Road.

23 unique and amazing photos of when Portsmouth had its own power station

Pupils learn about the National Grid

Wallisdean has a Careers Fair to inspire its pupils

Professor Bill McGuire

Going Green: Sales of solar panels is going through the roof

Diane O'Connor

Going Green: Get rewarded for not doing your washing

Heat pump grants have been hiked up by 50%. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Lots to celebrate that will help the planet

In order to take part, you’ll need to have a smart meter installed and your energy supplier must be signed up.

Millions will be paid to cut energy to avoid blackouts in winter 2023

Centrica’s profits soared threefold to £3.3bn in 2022 (image: PA)

British Gas launch new scheme offering half price electricity

We review portable power station Delta 2 - will it help in a power outage?

We review portable power station Delta 2 - will it help in a blackout?

The Guardian reports Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has had the electricity network in his constituency upgraded so he could heat his private swimming pool.

Electricity network upgraded ‘so Rishi Sunak could heat private pool’

The emergency coal-fired power plants started generating for the first time on Tuesday afternoon amid National Grid fears of shortages - Credit: Adobe

Emergency coal power plants used for first time as cold snap hits UK

The National Grid ESO scheme rewards users for changing their habits and reducing their electricity usage during certain peak hours.

Households can get paid for reducing electricity use with free app

UK Blackouts: Exact times your house could face power cuts this winter

National Grid: How to save £20 on energy bills by reducing usage today

Swanmore College has closed with 'immediate effect' following a gas leak. Picture: Habibur Rahman

School closes 'with immediate effect' following gas leak

A SCHOOL has been closed ‘with immediate effect’ following a gas leak.

Freddie Webb

National Grid will be rewarding some UK households for reducing energy usage tonight

Households to be rewarded for reducing energy usage tonight

Wholesale prices are falling, but it will not translate into cheaper energy bills (image: Getty Images)

Households to be paid to cut electricity use for one hour tonight

Insulators on an electricity sub station are seen near homes on October 19, 2022 in Manchester, England. The British utility company, National Grid, have said that UK households may face power cuts this winter for up to three hours at a time, if gas supplies run low. The UK relies heavily on gas to produce electricity, and gas supplies to Europe have been severely disrupted by the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

National Grid: Power blackout prevention scheme stood down

National Grid are trialling a new scheme to help avoid mass blackouts in the UK.

National Grid to offer discounts to customers to avoid blackouts

How long a fridge freezer will last during blackout power cuts

National Grid Chief John Pettigrew has spoken out about the potential blackouts amid the energy crisis.

Will the UK see energy blackouts this winter?

Some households will be paid to ration their power usage at quieter hours of the day under a trial by the National Grid (Shutterstock)

Energy firm will pay customers to use less electricity at certain times of the d...

Blacksmith Peter Clutterbuck at work in his Southsea forge. Picture: Mike Cooter (291021)

Meet the Southsea blacksmith whose sculptures are flying high

The UK generated more energy from renewables than fossil fuel for the first time in 2020 (Photo: Shutterstock)

The UK generated more energy from renewables than fossil fuel for the first time...

Pupils and teachers from Crofton Anne Dale Infant and Junior Schools helped officially open the play area alongside the Mayor of Fareham, Councillor Pamela Bryant (left), and the Mayoress, Cllr Louise Clubley (right).

Flying-themed play area opens next to Solent Airport

The IFA2 project, which has seen the construction of a substation in Chilling Lane, Fareham, is set to undergo live electrical transfer tests in November.

The IFA2 project sending power between Fareham and France gears up to be tested ...

A MAJOR electrical cable project connecting Fareham to France is set for a big jolt – as it gears up to test its 1,000-megawatt high-voltage capacity.

Richard Lemmer

Suella Braverman, MP for Fareham, visited a new substation that will power one million homes thanks to a project connecting the National Grid with the continent. Picture: Suella Braverman

Substation could power one million homes

One chimney. No! Not being demolished. A new extension to Portsmouth power station, Old Portsmouth, under construction in 1949. Picture: Simmons Aerofilms/Mike Nolan Collection

Portsmouth's giant power station, picture special | Nostalgia

Does your home have a gas boiler? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Gas central heating will be removed from every home by 2050 under new government...

Option B. Picture: Solent Airport Daedalus

Which of these sculptures do you want to be built next to Solent Airport?

A crane ready to pull up the remaining parts of the plane. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Crashed World War Two plane salvaged from the Solent

A crane ready to pull up the remaining parts of the plane. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Crashed Second World War plane discovered in the Solent

Aquind Interconnector

Planners raise fears for South Downs National Park scenery in response to Aquind...

Aquind Interconnector

Power link report raises fears for South Downs National Park beauty spot

A CGI image of IFA2

'˜It's going to be a nightmare': Concern as lane on Gosport road set to be close...

This is what the IFA2 interconnector is expected to look like when built

Road to be closed in Fareham as IFA2 construction continues

A lorry driving down Carisbrook Road

Resident fury at IFA2 lorries '˜putting schoolchildren at risk'

Demolition of the generating rooms in 1982. Geoff Witte recalls: All roads around the site were closed and the dust cloud resulting from the falling debris floated like a blanket over Old Portsmouth. By 1983 all signs of the building had disappeared.

NOSTALGIA: Sandwiches 100ft up as legs dangled over edge of Portsmouth chimney

The Strand in central London was cordoned-off after some 1,450 people were evacuated from a nightclub and a hotel following a gas leak. Picture: London Fire Brigade/PA Wire

NATIONAL: 1,450 people evacuated in central London following gas leak

The Daedalus site from the air

Construction to start on IFA2 after Fareham council decision

New IFA2

People have their say over IFA2 plans

Consultation starts for IFA2

Have your say over new plans for IFA2

National Grid reveals new design for IFA2 as it launches public consultations

People at the meeting at which the IFA2 interconnector plan was approved

Fareham councillor stands by decision to grant permission for IFA2

The former HMS Daedalus airfield and left, Lee-on-the-Solent Picture: Jason Hawkes

Aviation manufacturer says interconnector plans are not '˜robust' enough

The meeting about the IFA2 interconnector Picture: Sarah Standing (170074-1196)

Campaigners call for cabinet secretary to look over IFA2 decision after councill...

The former HMS Daedalus airfield. Credit: Jason Hawkes PPP-160819-131159001

Councillors approve plans for £500m IFA2 interconnector at Daedalus

LIVE UPDATES: Decision being made over plans for £500m interconnector at Daedal...

What the interconnector IFA2 site at Daedalus in Lee-on-the-Solent would look like electricity plant PPP-170116-111542001

WATCH: What exactly is IFA2?

Decision day arrives over plans for £500m interconnector at Daedalus

Britten-Norman continue to object to plans for IFA2 interconnector

The former HMS Daedalus airfield and left, Lee-on-the-Solent Picture: Jason Hawkes

Fears that IFA2 could damage tourism at Lee-on-the-Solent

The decision on IFA2 will be watched very closely

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