Stories from across the Hinkley Connection Project

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Nailsea residents wave farewell to the last pylon

15 August 2023

August 2023 sees the last of 23 pylons removed between Nailsea and Portishead as part of National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project, some from within residents' gardens.

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New view from Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve

15 August 2023

On 8 August 2023, National Grid’s principal contractor, Balfour Beatty, felled the last of 15 lattice pylons in and around Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve as part of National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project.

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School holidays mark the end of an era for pupils in Avonmouth

15 August 2023

When pupils at Avonmouth C of E School and Nursery return after the holidays, they will experience a whole new view. The, 132kV electricity pylon that has loomed over the school’s forest area will have disappeared.

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It is T-Time! All T-pylons now erected on the Hinkley Connection Project

2 August 2023

The 232nd diamond-shaped insulator was lifted into place by crane onto a T-pylon between Yatton and Kenn in North Somerset on 11 July.

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Giant transformer arriving in Bridgwater

6 July 2023

The transformer weighs the same as 30 elephants and is 8.8 metres long

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National Grid named champion for social responsibility

26 June 2023

National Grid wins international award for its commitment to communities

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