Building a network that enables net zero, electrification and technology integration
Grid and infrastructure
About grid and infrastructure
As our nation moves to a system dominated by renewable energy generation, the electricity grid is going to need significant upgrades. Over the coming decade, we’ll need to install around three times more transmission infrastructure in England and Wales than over the last 30 years so that homes and businesses can connect to green power and benefit from it.
Making these upgrades is a challenge, but they also offer significant opportunities for economic growth and job creation.
Our work in grid and infrastructure
- News
- Working groups
RenewableUK runs the following grid-related working groups with its members.
Networks and charging working group
Grid is widely recognised as the critical barrier to the delivery of a net zero power system. This working group will sit at the heart of our efforts to accelerate the delivery of our network and ensure that renewable generation and storage can connect quickly and efficiently through reforming network codes and charging