- Decision by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is a major step in delivering the UK’s ambition of the first net zero industrial cluster by 2040
- A collaboration between Northern Endurance Partnership, Net Zero Teesside and Zero Carbon Humber, the East Coast Cluster aims to remove nearly 50% of all UK Industrial cluster CO2 emissions.
The evening was well attended with over 50 guests from the Banwell Archaeology Society, the local parish councils and other interest groups. It featured presentations from Daniel Connor, Senior Project Archaeologist, and Bob McIntosh from Oxford Archaeology. This was followed by a question and answer session and a chance to get up close to many of the artefacts that were unearthed.
Specialist engineering teams have removed 35 of the sixty-year-old pylons and wires that once dotted the landscape, crossing homes and gardens, alongside the lion and bear enclosures at Noah’s Ark Zoo and the M5.
The work began with the felling of the first three pylons by Nailsea Rugby Club. The remaining 33 pylons were removed between August and October. The local community said goodbye to the last pylon on Tuesday 12 October 2021.
Mr Penrose inspected the joint bays – where each 1km cable section is connected together – and witnessed the last of the major ducting work, following completion of archaeological mitigation in the area. He met and discussed the works with engineers and cabling specialists from National Grid and its principal contractor, Balfour Beatty.
Making this part of the AONB pylon-free will be a great step forward...
NGET owns the cables and substations that form the electricity transmission system in England and Wales and is using innovative new technology to make the most of its network, avoiding the need to build new infrastructure and contributing to the UK’s net zero ambitions.
Helping to tackle climate change, the state-of-the-art security cabin has been installed in Shurton, West Somerset, where National Grid’s contractor – Babcock are completing overhead line works. The cabin will help reduce the Hinkley Connection Project’s environmental impact during construction.
Using solar power and composite materials to retain the heat, the EcoSecure hut, developed and provided by Remote Surveillance, is entirely self-sufficient in terms of energy. It reduces CO2 emissions by 86 per cent a day when compared with security welfare vans.
For a number of years, the ‘Splash’ sculpture, designed by Cod Steaks, was a key fixture of the Portishead Sculpture Trail and could be found floating in the Avon Wildlife Trust bird reserve lake in Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve. The piece was designed to capture a moment frozen in time, while enhancing its natural surroundings.
“I’m the crazy person who is cycling to Glasgow in October,” jokes David, who works in Data Centre Network & Security. “I felt COP26 was a great chance to show how we’re helping the UK on the road to net zero and to highlight the amazing work underway across our network.”
Built in 1969 and extended in 1981, the building had no level access or disabled facilities and lacked separate changing facilities for women or girls. It was inaccessible to many would-be users and was nearing the end of its structural lifecycle, so required costly repairs to bring it up to standard.
National Grid’s donation through the Community Grand Fund helped the club deliver the ground floor of its brand new, accessible sports pavilion, which is already providing a range of recreational activities tailored to the needs of the community.
Zero 2050, a collaborative project involving energy utilities, the Welsh Government, South Wales Industrial Cluster and other public and private sector representatives, undertook analysis to consider how the energy system in South Wales can achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions
With the energy system contributing to the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions in Wales, this work has implications for reaching Wales’ carbon budgets and avoiding the worst impacts of future climate change.