EEI Edison Award is electric power industry's highest
honor in the US
WALTHAM,
Mass., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National
Grid received the 2022 International Edison Award from the Edison
Electric Institute (EEI) for its North Sea Link (NSL) project last
evening. The link allows the UK and Norway to share renewable energy across the
longest subsea electricity interconnector in the world.
North Sea Link Project is longest subsea
electricity interconnector in the world linking UK and Norway renewable energy.
"National Grid is honored to receive the prestigious
International Edison Award from EEI," said National Grid CEO
John Pettigrew. "The NSL is critical
to providing our customers with the affordable, reliable, and clean
energy they want and deserve, and it is helping to shape the future
of the electric power industry by establishing technologies that
increase flexibility for the energy grid, which enables us to
efficiently reduce carbon emissions."
National Grid and Statnett's €1.6-billion (approximately
$1.7 billion USD) NSL started
commercial operations on October 1,
2021, marking a major milestone in the UK's and Norway's journeys to net zero. By enabling the
trade of renewable energy between the two countries for the first
time, NSL will help the UK to avoid 23 million metric tons of
carbon emissions by 2030.
Stretching 720 kilometers (km, approximately 447 miles) across
the North Sea between Blyth in the UK and the village of Kvilldal,
near Stavanger in southwestern Norway, at depths of up to 700 meters
(approximately 2,300 feet), NSL provides clean electricity to power
1.4 million homes.
"Across the globe, EEI and our member companies are focused on
getting the energy we provide as clean as we can as fast as we can,
without compromising on the reliability or affordability that are
essential to the customers and the communities we serve," said EEI
President Tom Kuhn. "Because of the
NSL, multiple countries are able to take the next step toward
powering a net-zero economy. I applaud National Grid for its
leadership and congratulate them for winning this prestigious award
for this engineering marvel."
Presented annually and selected by a panel of former energy
industry executives, the Edison Award is the electric power
industry's highest honor in the US. The award was presented in
Orlando, Fla., during EEI 2022,
EEI's annual thought leadership forum.
About National Grid
National Grid (NYSE: NGG) is an electricity, natural gas, and
clean energy delivery company serving more than 20 million people
through our networks in New York
and Massachusetts. National Grid
is focused on building a path to a more affordable, reliable clean
energy future through our fossil-free vision. National
Grid is transforming our electricity and natural gas networks with
smarter, cleaner, and more resilient energy solutions to meet the
goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
For more information, please visit our website,
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About EEI
EEI is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned
electric companies. Our members provide electricity for more than
235 million Americans,and operate in all 50 states and the
District of Columbia. As a whole,
the electric power industry supports more than 7 million jobs in
communities across the United
States. In addition to our U.S. members, EEI has more than
65 international electric companies, with operations in more than
90 countries, as International Members, and hundreds of industry
suppliers and related organizations as Associate Members.
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