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Members of the North Wessex Downs VIP project team recently donned their walking boots and successfully completed the Welsh Three Peaks Challenge, raising over £5,000 for the Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity.

The intrepid team including colleagues from National Grid and Balfour Beatty, began their 4-hour 20-minute ascent of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) in the dark at 3:30am, arriving at its peak in time to enjoy sunrise.

The main construction compound will be used throughout the construction phase for site offices and the delivery and storage of materials. Once construction of the project is complete, the compound will be removed and the site restored to a condition suitable for return to its original use.

From the start of July, you may notice more activity at the compound site as preparatory works continue. Upcoming works, which will be carried out by Balfour Beatty on behalf of National Grid, will include:

A team of South Wales-based overhead electricity line engineers is set for a starring role in the new More4 series Matt Baker’s British Isles.

The Countryfile presenter’s new show takes viewers across the four nations, celebrating the people and places that make up modern Britain.

In the final episode – due to air Tuesday 24 June – Matt joins a National Grid team on the South Wales coast as it carries out essential upgrades to transmission pylons near Aberthaw substation.

These are required to connect the new underground cables to the remaining existing overhead line and are located next to Rickpiece Plantation at the western end of the line, and in the fields adjacent to the Bridge Inn on Horton Road at the eastern end. 

Balfour Beatty has received permission from Wiltshire Council to extend its working hours for the construction work on the CSECs to 8.00am to 9.00pm on Mondays to Fridays. 

  • As demand for electricity rises, Grimsby to Walpole will help connect more home-grown British energy, boosting local economies, creating jobs, and providing cleaner, more affordable energy.  
  • Part of National Grid’s The Great Grid Upgrade, the largest overhaul of the grid in a generation. 
  • Eight-week public consultation runs from 11 June to 6 August 2025 

 

National Grid shares early-stage proposals for new electricity transmission infrastructure from Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, needed to boost home-grown energy and meet growing electricity demand in the East Midlands. 

  • Collaboration with Hyperion Robotics and the University of Sheffield will trial low-carbon 3D-printed concrete foundations including at National Grid’s Deeside Centre for Innovation in North Wales
  • Innovation could reduce waste, carbon emissions and costs to consumers of network construction
  • If rolled out across National Grid substations the technology could save up to 705 tons of concrete and 323 tons of CO2 and deliver £1.7 million in consumer savings versus traditional methods over a 10-year period
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