The partnership is aiming to explore the value that can be derived from utilising higher specification weather forecasts to boost capacity on the electricity overhead transmission power lines, allowing more renewable energy to flow.
MYTH 1: Interconnectors can’t help us reach net zero
TRUTH: Interconnectors play a vital role in helping us to reach net zero
Fossil fuels deliver a reliable supply of energy, but they also produce harmful carbon emissions. Renewable energy is clean, but it is more intermittent – if the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn’t blow, we can’t generate wind or solar power.
The substation now has its full complement of two transformers, which change electricity voltage up or down, and two shunt reactors, which regulate voltage and increase the efficiency of the electricity system.
The final shunt reactor, delivered on Sunday 19 September is more than seven metres long, four metres wide and four metres high. It was built and tested in the Netherlands and sailed to Portbury Docks and then to Dunball Wharf in Bridgwater, before travelling with a police escort to Sandford substation.
Existing equipment in Portbury play area was suitable only for older children and had become broken and tired after years of use. There was no equipment for young children to use, leaving many without anywhere to play in the local community.
Rob Larder, who is dad to Freya, aged 6, took on the challenge of fundraising for a new play area and first organised a consultation to understand what equipment local families would like to see, and where they would like it to be placed.
Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical element on earth and offers enormous potential as a source of renewable energy. And, most importantly, when hydrogen is converted to useable energy in a fuel cell, or burned to release its energy, the only biproduct is water vapor.
Long Island in particular is well-positioned to become a hydrogen hub, given the high energy demand in the New York City metro area and the potential to use offshore wind to produce green hydrogen; or, in other words, hydrogen that is produced using zero-carbon power.
It was fantastic to visit the site of the first T-pylon this week – the first new design for a pylon in nearly 100 years.
Seeing the pylons first-hand really brought to life the different look. It’s a great example of innovative new approaches in our role of managing the transmission network.
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)’s Alice Delahunty has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of her exceptional and continuing contribution to the profession.
As president of NGET Alice is responsible for building and maintaining the electricity transmission network in England and Wales, and playing a critical role in enabling and delivering against the government’s net-zero commitments.
Built in 1993, the club’s windows were single glazed and made from wood, which were beginning to show signs of their age. The club’s committee knew they needed replacing to combat high heating costs, and to improve the visual appeal of the grounds, but lacked the necessary funds to do so.
Built in 1909, the village hall has seen extensive use and has been extended over the years to accommodate a growing number of community groups. Heavy traffic over the past few decades has taken its toll.
The Community Grand Fund provided local residents with the means of funding much-needed repairs to the exterior of the building.
The world’s first T-pylon, the first new design for an electricity pylon in Great Britain for nearly a century, has been erected in Somerset.