Joining National Grid on the new Community Relations framework are Aecom, Arup, Camargue, Cavendish, Copper, Grasshopper, Grayling, JBP, and Lexington. The framework recently commenced and will run for the next three years with the option to extend.
An installation in London's Ruskin Park in Lambeth is the latest from the anti-knife crime charity Steel Warriors, which perfectly embodies its mission to 'use steel to build lives, not destroy them.' By recycling knives taken off the streets into outdoor gyms they are helping to transform the lives of young people impacted by crime, violence and social exclusion.
The Community Grant Programme’s impact on the capital
The project will upgrade existing infrastructure in North Yorkshire and build a new 10km electricity overhead line along with a short section of underground cables, sealing end compounds and two new substations.
The energy regulator’s final decision on the project assessment for the 500km+ high voltage direct current (HVDC) connection is the key final approval in the regulatory process and allows construction to get underway later this year, with the connection due to be operational in 2029.
In March 2024, the previous Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho, granted a development consent order (DCO) for the Yorkshire GREEN Energy Enablement project, meaning National Grid has approval to begin construction to upgrade and reinforce the high-voltage power network between York, North Yorkshire and areas east of Leeds, West Yorkshire.
At National Grid Electricity Transmission (ET), we’re well aware of the vital role innovation can play in accelerating progress towards net zero. It’s reflected in everything from the technology in our major projects – see our innovative new T-pylons – to the way we work with our supply chain to deliver a decarbonised future network.
Significant progress has already been made towards transforming the electricity system with a huge expansion in clean energy. However, a rapid increase in the volume of projects wanting to plug in to the transmission network has led to a massively oversubscribed grid connections pipeline. The connections pipeline has reached unsustainable levels. In fact, it now contains three times more than the net zero requirement forecasted in even the most ambitious of net zero scenarios for the transmission network out to 2050.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) isn’t just for school. It’s the building blocks of innovation and discovery and can be explored in fun and exciting ways with simple experiments and challenges.
We’ve also teamed up with FunKids to offer a £100 Lego voucher for the best pylon design as part of activity one. Find out more on the Fun Kids website.
The energisation sees 2.5km of new high voltage 275kV network made live between Hurst substation and Crayford – a tunnel route averaging 35 metres below ground which was completed by Christine the tunnel boring machine last year.
As part of the UK’s annual Festival of Archaeology, local residents and history enthusiasts alike were invited to a family friendly drop-in event at Devizes Town Hall to learn about the fascinating finds that have been discovered. Visitors were able to see a bone comb that was most likely used in wool production and slag fragments which suggest metal working activities. Lead bullets and a 3-inch 4-pound iron cannonball were also on display, discovered close to Roundway Hill, thought to date from the Battle of Roundway Down in 1643.