How many helicopters does National Grid have?
In the UK, we have a fleet of eight helicopters in total:
This prestigious annual ESG award applauds utilities that exceed their regulatory criteria and demonstrate a strong commitment to stewardship and engagement for the communities in which they operate.
Since 2020, National Grid has collaborated with social enterprise, Connectr as part of the London Power Tunnels project, a £1 billion initiative to rewire South London with 32.5 km of deep underground tunnels.
How is connections reform progressing?
Our teams at National Grid Electricity Transmission (ET) have been working hard with the NESO, Ofgem, government and industry on changes to improve Britain’s connections process, helping to shape progress at every turn.
We’ve seen positive developments, with the government and Ofgem’s Connections Action Plan from last year giving a fresh boost and industry-wide coordination to efforts to get projects plugged in faster.
Myth 1: The climate has always been changing, this is no different
It’s true that throughout earth’s 4.5-billion-year history, the climate has changed a lot. What is different is the dramatic and unprecedented scale of climate change. The rate of temperature rise is at least 10 times faster than that of the last mass extinction about 65 million years ago, when 95% of marine and 70% of land species were wiped out. The kind of changes that would previously have happened over hundreds of thousands of years are now happening in decades.
To make the diversion possible, two temporary pylons were built nearby, and the overhead line pulled across. This ensured that the line could remain in service and energised, whilst new pylons were built and then older pylons removed.
The Club - home of the Sharks - is a real community club which runs 20 teams including female and junior teams from age four and up, and provides space to support community health, wellbeing, and safety.
The annual ESG award recognises utilities that are ‘going beyond regulatory criteria’ and demonstrating their responsibilities towards the environment and local residents in the communities in which they operate.
The new 132kV indoor substation connects the local grid operator UK Power Networks (UKPN) to National Grid’s high voltage transmission network, delivering electricity for distribution to 20,000 homes in the area.
Local low carbon transport services are also supported by National Grid’s new substation, with power delivered to a nearby Network Rail feeder station to support electrified train routes.
The Visual Impact Provision project in Eryri National Park aims to reduce the visual impact of the overhead electricity line across the Dwyryd Estuary from Minffordd to Llandecwyn. National Grid has worked closely with stakeholders and the local community to implement the project, which includes constructing two new tunnel head houses, which will provide access to the tunnel, along with a sealing end compound to connect the underground cables with the remaining overhead line.