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- Temporary bridge installed in Congresbury National Grid installs temporary access over River Yeo Home 10th May 2022 Hinkley Connection news National Grid’s contractor, Balfour Beatty, has installed the first of two temporary bridges across the Congresbury …
- New National Grid-led analysis shows expanding Government’s electric vehicle Rapid Charging Fund (RCF) would accelerate the decarbonisation of all road transport Home 10th May 2022 Press release National Grid-led analysis, supported by Heavy Goods Vehicle …
- Hinkley history in the making Home 5th May 2022 Press release Local students place time capsule inside National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project’s East Huntspill T-pylon With the overhead line wires now in place, National Grid and its contractor Balfour …
- Home Adult skills programme We're supporting local unemployed adults to gain industry-recognised qualifications. Unemployment rates across the South West are the lowest in England but, as there are pockets of high unemployment, we’re helping local people …
- Home Hinkley Point C connection: innovation We are using innovation to help reduce the impact of the project and, as a result of the feedback we received during consultation, we will be using the new T-pylon for the majority of the Hinkley Point C …
- Home Job and contract opportunities Find out how we're promoting contract opportunities for local businesses and what to do if you're interested in working on National Grid's Hinkley Connection Project. Contracts for local businesses The main …
- National Grid and STEM Returners launch new partnership to help STEM professionals get back to work after a career break Home 3rd May 2022 Press release 3 min read National Grid’s Grid for Good ‘Accelerate’ programme, which aims to help individuals access …
- Home What is a pylon? Pylons – also known as electricity transmission and distribution towers – are the structural supports that have carried the UK’s network of high-voltage overhead power lines for nearly 100 years. Today there are more than 90,000 …
- 249 pylons to go from the Somerset landscape Part of the Mendip Hills to be pylon-free for first time in 90 years Home 1st May 2022 Caring for the environment The new high-voltage Hinkley Connection will connect 6 million homes and business to low carbon …
- History in the making Local students place time capsule inside East Huntspill T-pylon Home 30th April 2022 Community investment With the conductors now in place, National Grid and its contractor Balfour Beatty have this month completed construction all 48 …