New York’s green energy rethink is a lesson for the UK

June 23, 2026

On a warm day in Long Island this month, a piece of US industrial history was hard at work. The steam turbines at National Grid’s gas and oil-fired power plant in Northport, built in stages from 1967, were gearing up for the summer peak of demand from the island’s 8mn residents and their air conditioners.

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