National Grid is consulting on its detailed plans for the Yorkshire Green Energy Enablement (GREEN) Project. The public consultation will open on Thursday 28 October and will run for six weeks, until Thursday 9 December 2021.
With more energy coming from offshore wind, a new connection from Scotland, and an interconnector from Europe into the North East, the Yorkshire GREEN Project is needed to deliver this new clean energy to homes and businesses.
Located near Alford in Lincolnshire, the P1 Compound is part of our Viking Link subsea interconnector project in conjunction with Balfour Beatty.
This construction site cabin is designed to incorporate numerous elements catering to neurodiverse individuals, while also using a variety of sustainable materials and processes. The idea behind this was to discover which of these elements were most beneficial and then carry them forward into the design of future compound mobilisations.
The project - ‘5G Art of the Possible’ - will be the first 5G techno-economic feasibility study on UK energy networks, setting the foundations for potential follow-up trials and rollout of applications into operations that can support the UK’s net zero ambitions.
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.
