Britain can meet winter energy demand -National Grid

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will be able to meet power and gas demand this winter, even in the event of an extreme cold snap, National Grid said in its 2018/19 winter outlook report on Thursday.

“For this winter, even under colder conditions than experienced in recent years, we are confident we have the right products and strategies in place to help us balance the gas and

electricity networks,” National Grid said.

In March this year National Grid was forced to...
source: Reuters

2018-10-11 15:14

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