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  • Home Your connection offer includes construction milestones (we refer to them as ‘Appendix J’) that both you and National Grid need to meet to deliver your connection. We’ve collated the details around these milestones and included what information you …
  • Going underground: work begins on major project to transform Peak District landscape Home 17th May 2021 Press release Removal of seven pylons and 1.5km of overhead electricity line will transform skyline around the village of Dunford Bridge, located in …
  • Mud back on the menu at local pre-school National Grid helps restore play area at Wembdon Sunshiners Home 10th May 2021 Hinkley Connection news A local pre-school in Wembdon, near Bridgwater, has seen its outdoor play area undergo a dramatic …
  • Working smarter to get to net zero Home 10th May 2021 Journey to net zero How we get to net zero is a question on everyone’s minds. To achieve this, we need to transfer more renewable power to our customers. Here we look at how National Grid Electricity …
  • World’s first large-scale use of power flow technology on transmission network will unlock 1.5GW of electricity capacity Home 10th May 2021 Press release National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is using innovative and transformational technology to …
  • Saying thank you to Nailsea with charity donations Donations and 'Big Lent Shop' boost foodbank supplies Home 4th May 2021 Hinkley Connection news National Grid, together with J Murphy and Sons, has recently completed the installation of new 132,000 volt …
  • New overhead line between Sandford and Avonmouth Featuring T-pylons Home 30th April 2021 Hinkley Connection news In May 2021, we started work to build the northern section of overhead electricity lines between Sandford and Seabank substations. We are …
  • Building a cleaner energy future Home 29th April 2021 News When Lisa Kettle, Senior Project Manager for National Grid Ventures, pursued a career in engineering, little did she know it would take her all around the world; from Ireland and Belgium to Dubai …
  • National Grid plants 1000th tree at Hinkley Connection Project Home 27th April 2021 Press release National Grid is celebrating the 1000th tree being planted along the route of the Hinkley Connection, the new high-voltage line which will connect 6 million …
  • 1000 trees planted on the Hinkley Connection 4700 trees and 28 football fields worth of woodland planting to be planted by 2025 Home 22nd April 2021 Hinkley Connection news National Grid is celebrating the 1,000th tree being planted along the route of the …