National Grid’s Grain LNG inks gas storage expansion deal

National Grid’s Grain LNG and Algerian gas company Sonatrach have sealed a ten-year agreement, securing long term storage and redelivery capacity at the Grain LNG terminal from January 2029

UK partners unite for CO2 capture and transport

Acorn and Uniper will jointly develop a solution to transport the captured CO2 from the Isle of Grain to Peterhead Port in Scotland and then to permanent storage beneath the North Sea

Construction commences on £2.4bn UK-German energy link

The project is predicted to be sufficient to power up to 1.5 million homes during its lifetime

Russian gas tankers refused by UK dockers

Workers at Grain LNG have upheld the government’s decision to ban Russian vessels from entering the UK, in their support of Ukrainian people

National Grid requests details over LNG’s inclusion in block of Russian vessels

The company operates an LNG importation terminal in the Isle of Grain

National Grid unveils new LNG truck loading facility

A new truck loading facility for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has been opened at the Isle of Grain terminal in Kent. The new hub will allow road tanker operators to load LNG in bulk and transport fuel directly to filling stations as well as industrial and commercial markets in the UK and mainland Europe. National […]

Plans whoosh on for commercial liquid air energy plant

Plans are whooshing onwards for a new commercial scale power plant which uses air to make electricity. National Grid, engineers at Costain and energy technology firm Highview Power Storage have teamed up to submit a feasibility study of the proposed liquid air energy storage plant as part of DECC’s energy storage demonstration competition. Building at […]

Grain gas plant’s “heatpipe” cuts LNG terminal energy use

A gas power plant which recycles its heat to help a neighbouring LNG terminal to save energy has won the approval of Energy Secretary Ed Davey. Unveiled today, E.ON’s new gas-fired Isle of Grain power station in Kent has linked a “heatpipe” to the National Grid’s liquid natural gas terminal to cut around 300,000 tonnes […]

Isle of Grain LNG terminal boosts capacity by 50%

The Isle of Grain liquefied natural gas terminal has boosted its capacity by 50% after a new jetty opened yesterday. The first cargo of LNG arrived at Grain on 29 October and the expansion work was completed in the following month. The new jetty provides capacity for new customers E.ON Ruhrgas and Iberdrola, together with […]

First LNG arrives at Isle of Grain

The first cargo of liquefied natural gas has been delivered to the National Grid’s Isle of Grain LNG terminal. The gas arrived on Friday onboard LNG ship Arctic Princess from Spanish energy firm Iberdrola and marked the final stage of a £310m expansion of the terminal, which involved building the world’s largest above-ground LNG storage […]