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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.

A prominent engineering association in India is urging the nation’s government to take action against potential power outages in the north as the population has been gripped by a relentless heatwave.

UK Power Networks is investing £15M to upgrade and maintain electricity towers in the east and southeast of England, as well as the replacement of 10km of overhead power lines between towers.

The £1.35bn Aquind electricity interconnector is facing fresh delays after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) cited “significant national security concerns” and requested a six-week extension to the planning process.

Nearly 8,000 new homes stalled in West London due to electricity shortage issues in the area have so far been “unblocked”, according to City Hall.

New cable circuits, re-routing of overhead power lines and the installation of new towers have been completed by UK Power Networks (UKPN) in a project which centred around the substation at Little Barford in Bedfordshire.

Construction of a replacement overhead transmission between the Harris grid supply point and Stornoway grid supply point is expected to start in the summer of 2024 and finish in 2026.

Overhead power lines will remain as the standard method for transmission of electricity, despite calls for more undergrounding, the government has confirmed.