Hinkley Connection News

A nine armed rarity towers into place on the Hinkley Connection Project

30 July 2024

3 min read

Standing proud over Somerset, a multi-limbed lattice pylon has been constructed near Bridgwater, ready to supply clean energy.

Local schools rewarded for their T-time capsules

24 July 2024

2 min read

Two schools rewarded for their T-time capsules. East Huntspill Primary Academy and St Anne’s Church Academy, have both been awarded £1,000 by National Grid.

All 143 pylons now completed on the Hinkley Connection Project

12 June 2024

2 min read

National Grid is celebrating the construction of all 143 pylons that make up the Hinkley Connection Project. 116 new T-pylons from Bridgwater to Portbury and 27 traditional lattice pylons in Avonmouth now feature on the 57km route, along with 8.5km of underground cables under the Mendip Hills national landscape.

Second 174-tonne transformer makes journey from Dunball Wharf to Bridgwater substation

5 June 2024

3 min read

From Rotterdam via the River Parrett, a 174-tonne supergrid transformer has made its final journey to Bridgwater substation as part of a high voltage electricity network upgrade in the area.

All T-pylons fully wired up in major milestone for Hinkley Connection Project

15 April 2024

3 min read

National Grid has installed overhead conductors on all 116 of its new T-pylons, marking a major milestone for its Hinkley Connection Project which will bring low carbon power to six million homes and businesses across the UK from south west England.

Enabling the flow of power in the south west

12 March 2024

Underground cables have been successfully tested just north of Bridgwater