Slightly delayed by the call of duty and a real-life emergency, firefighters from Red Watch at Temple Station assembled at the newly-constructed lattice pylon, close to St Andrew’s Way in Avonmouth for a tower rescue simulation exercise. For safety reasons, this training can’t take place on live infrastructure. The fact that the pylon is built, but conductors are not yet hung nor energised, provided a unique opportunity for the specialist rope rescue team.
We welcome the clarity and commitment that this decision gives NGET, and the wider industry, as the next step towards a more affordable, resilient and clean energy system. Whilst this investment is fundamental to the successful delivery of the decarbonisation of our electricity system, it will also bring greater security of supply, as well as improved affordability for customers in the long run.
We have now taken the decision to remove Hintlesham Woods Option 2 from our proposals for the Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement.
At our statutory consultation between January and March 2022, we asked for feedback on the following two options for the routeing of the reinforcement near Hintlesham Woods:
The Eye in the Sky initiative, led by National Grid and funded by Ofgem and Innovate UK’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF), is exploring how satellite imagery and data analytics could improve the visibility of Britain’s electricity and gas network infrastructure, helping to monitor its condition – and changes to the surrounding environment – around the clock.
At our statutory consultation between January and March 2022, we asked for feedback on the following two options for the routeing of the reinforcement near Hintlesham Woods:
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Option 1 would see a new section of overhead line built to the north of Ramsey Wood, with the existing 400 kV overhead line diverted onto these pylons. The new 400 kV overhead line would then reuse the existing pylons through the woods.
In early 2022, we partnered with A Tiny Home for Good to build four tiny homes powered by solar energy in the Southwest neighborhood of Syracuse, NY.
Since 2018, the Hinkley Connection team has funded STEM equipment to over 320,000 children in the south west. At Sexey’s School, as well as supporting STEM learning, one of the iPads will be used by a Ukrainian student who is learning English to communicate with his peers and teachers.
We are proud of our work helping hundreds of thousands of young people in the south west unlock new skills and talents.
The consultations share proposals for EuroLink, a subsea electricity cable between Great Britain and the Netherlands, and Sea Link, a subsea electricity cable between Suffolk and Kent – both of which will help deliver the UK’s energy security strategy and net zero targets.
The team were carrying out preparations to start making changes to the existing electricity 132kV network to make way for the new Hinkley 400kV connection. The focus now shifts to the installation of new underground cables and building three cable sealing end pylons to replace six of the existing pylons – set to be removed in 2023.