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Definition of national grid in English: national gridnoun British 1The network of high-voltage power lines between major power stations. Example sentencesExamples - High above his grazing flock, eight shiny new wind turbines are whirling away supplying electricity to the national grid.
- Right now Lewis is connected to the national grid by a one-way powerline that enters the water at Ardmore bay on Skye.
- Shortly before 8.20 am yesterday, it is believed the pair were moving a metal street light when it touched an overhead power line linked to the national grid.
- This will generate electricity which can be sold to the national grid and provide heat to a local boiler network.
- When Fawley power station is on-line it supplies 500 megawatts to the national grid - that's more or less enough power to keep Southampton alight.
- A more regional, decentralized electricity system, linked by a national grid but producing most power locally, may actually be more rational, especially in an age of insecurity.
- There is also the estimated £500m cost of linking wind farms to the national grid and the cost of keeping power stations on standby in case wind farms fail to produce enough electricity.
- Last year, a report from the national grid found that Ireland's power stations are operating at 78% of their overall potential the lowest level in a decade.
- The goal is to restore 6,000 megawatts to the national grid by June 1.
- The existing power lines from the north of Scotland converge on the national grid switching station at Beauly, a key hub of the Scottish electricity supply.
- That would add as much as 20,000 megawatts to the national grid, and would give consumers the choice of buying power from competing companies rather than just from the state.
- Least you get your electricity from the national grid just like all the others, but then they have to buy electricity that comes fro renewable sources back from this company.
- In Germany, where there is a national programme to have 100,000 solar roofs by 2004, renewable energies such as solar are bought by the national grid at a premium equivalent to 35p/kWh.
- National Grid revealed today that the power line was now carrying electricity to supply the national grid.
- A spokesman for South West Trains said the delay was caused by a power surge on the national grid which crippled the points and signals on the main line near Woking.
- These can provide a significant amount of energy direct to a house, supplementing existing power supplied by the national grid.
- You cannot run a national grid on wind turbines, it would be an economic catastrophe.
- The ministry says it has boosted the national grid nearly to 5,000 megawatts recently.
- Islay has pioneered the use of small-scale wind turbines in homes and micro-grids, small-scale electrical networks that stand apart from the national grid.
- Cutting the hated council tax seems to work - and so does the idea of being paid for feeding electricity into the national grid.
2The metric system of geographical coordinates used in maps of the British Isles.
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