CPD Penrhyndeudraeth FC – nicknamed “The Cockles” – is the local football team for Penrhyndeudraeth, which neighbours Minffordd, where our Tunnel Boring Machine ‘Buddug’ started her tunnel excavation journey last year.

The club has been awarded £15,838 from the Community Grant Programme, which will be used to help install new fencing around the edge of the club playing area. This will improve the safety and accessibility of the club’s facilities for local residents, visitors and community groups to enjoy.

National Grid has completed work to upgrade overhead electricity transmission lines north of its Harker substation near Carlisle, strengthening a key cross‑border link that powers homes and businesses in England and Scotland.

Delivered in partnership with principal contractor Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, the work forms part of National Grid’s wider Harker upgrade project. This includes building new 400kV and 132kV indoor substations adjacent to its existing site, enabling new connections and helping to future-proof the network in the region.

National Grid is celebrating five years of successful operation of its IFA2 interconnector — the 1GW high voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity link which is enabling secure and cleaner electricity to flow between Great Britain and France. IFA2 demonstrates in practice how cross border links strengthen resilience and energy security in both countries.

Cable manufacturer Prysmian has been awarded a £2bn contract to supply the cable for National Grid Electricity Transmission and SP Energy Networks subsea Eastern Green Link 4 project.

The contract will see Prysmian manufacture and deliver over 640km of cable for the 2GW subsea electricity link, which will use high voltage direct current (HVDC) to connect Fife in Scotland and Norfolk in England.

Once completed in 2033, it will be capable of transporting enough green electricity to power more than 1.5 million homes. 

Developed in collaboration with Atos, a global leader in AI-powered digital transformation, Triton will enable National Grid to accelerate how it plans the future electricity network and support the significant increase in energy demand required to achieve Great Britain’s decarbonisation goals. 

National Grid will partner with TenneT Germany to develop GriffinLink, a new multi-purpose interconnector (MPI) project, which could connect British and German offshore wind to both countries. It marks a step towards a more integrated, flexible, and efficient energy system for both Great Britain and Germany which delivers secure, affordable energy for consumers.

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