We’re proud to support the Race to Zero campaign – a global effort from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that calls for a resilient, zero carbon recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Launched to coincide with World Environment Day 2020, the campaign aims to mobilise leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions and investors to encourage a global recovery programme.
Launched by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to coincide with World Environment Day, the campaign aims to mobilise leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions and investors to encourage a global recovery programme that will create jobs, unlock inclusive, sustainable growth and reduce the risk of future shocks.
Teams from National Grid’s Hinkley Connection project, which will connect more than six million UK homes and business to low carbon energy, are working hard to make sure habitats and plants can thrive in the areas they work in.
Teams from National Grid’s Hinkley Connection project, which will connect more than six million UK homes and business to low-carbon energy, are working hard to make sure habitats and plants can thrive in the areas they work in.
The company has gifted 200 refurbished laptops in support of the appeal, which also smashed its £10,000 fundraising target, to help give pupils access to technology during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
Accompanied by a ‘Griddles’ teddy bear, the laptops are being distributed to children across the Gayhurst, Kingsmead and Mandeville primary schools to help them keep in touch with their teachers and take part in their online learning curriculum.
Now, in the lead up to the start of construction of the underground cables between Sandford and Tarnock, we’re carrying out preparation work to reduce disruption to wildlife and animals.
We’re erecting special fencing to clear the route of reptiles and amphibians. Newts and other species will be carefully moved from construction areas to nearby locations before works start.
We’re also strimming vegetation, topping trees and coppicing hedgerows and bushes during the winter months to prevent water voles, birds and dormice nesting in the areas where we’ll be working.
The large hill fort was built around 2,300 years ago and is an ancient monument of international significance. The local archaeology group has been working for over three years to clear vegetation and uncover secrets hidden beneath the scrubland. Their efforts were boosted when our team of twelve worked on the hill for over seven hours, cutting down trees and removing undergrowth.
Last year, for the first time, the amount of energy power from low-carbon sources exceeded that from fossil fuels for a full twelve months.
We are now at the mid-point between 1990 and 2050 – the year in which the UK has committed to achieve at least a 100% reduction in emissions based on 1990 levels.
We have a team of experts working with us to make sure local habitats, plants and animals are identified and protected before and throughout our construction activity.
Across the project, we carry out extensive surveys to identify protected species such as bats, water voles, dormice, badgers and reptiles. Where we find them, we try to locate our work as far away as possible. Where we can’t avoid them, we take special steps to move them out of harm’s way or to find ways of working so that they are not disturbed by our activities.
“In these uncertain times, few things are more mission-critical than data security,” said Lisa Lambert, National Grid’s Chief Technology and Innovation Officer and the founder and president of National Grid Partners. “Identifying next-generation security measures and supporting their development and adoption are key to one of National Grid’s core commitments: Delivering a safer, more seamless energy future to our millions of customers.”