Tag Archives: Electricity

A route for the Kintore to Tealing 400kV overhead line project proposed by the local community has been formally moved to the next stage of development by SSEN Transmission.

Ofgem has approved £3.4bn of public funding for the England to Scotland offshore HVDC link, Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), the UK’s single largest electricity transmission project ever.

Work to develop ultra-high voltage technology, upgrading overhead line capacity through retrofitting cross arms and an automated weather and erosion alert tool are among the innovations aiding National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) in accelerating the energy transition.

Sellafield Ltd, the government-owned company responsible for Europe’s largest nuclear weapon and nuclear power waste site, Sellafield, has pleaded guilty and apologised for cybersecurity failings.

National Grid deputy director for external affairs - strategic infrastructure Tom McGarry’s comments indicate the company is not fixated on pylons but needs above ground transmission infrastructure” (NCE online, 24 May). Yet here in the East of England, National Grid most certainly is fixated with pylons, not only in the…

In late November, chancellor Jeremy Hunt set out the government’s latest spending plans in the 2023 Autumn Statement.

As the government strives to expand capacity to meet future electricity demand, nuclear power and tidal energy are at the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of support.

The government risks not meeting its ambition to decarbonise power by 2035 because it lacks a delivery plan, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.

Future proofed electricity infrastructure will not be the London Power Tunnels’ only legacy. The project is also setting new standards with its delivery model and equipment.

The ubiquitous design of electricity pylons is changing for the first time in almost a century and the new T-shape appeals to both the energy sector and the public.