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- 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 …
- Over 600 fish rescued in Stogursey Several species humanely relocated from East and West Brook Home 30th April 2022 Caring for the environment National Grid’s contractors, Morrison Energy Services in partnership with WSP and Adler and Allan, have …
- National Grid joins the EPRI Climate READi initiative to ensure resilient energy systems Home 29th April 2022 Press release 3 min read National Grid is supporting the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Climate READi framework which will enable …
- Home Completion of cable work heralds removal of Nailsea pylons In May 2021 we started to remove nine kilometres of overhead line between Nailsea and Portishead. 22 pylons are to be removed, some from residents' gardens. The 132,000 volt line, operated by …
- Home Changes to the energy network: in partnership with WPD As part of the Hinkley Connection Project, a number of changes will be made to the local electricity distribution network, which is owned and maintained by Western Power Distribution (WPD). …
- Home Construction information: temporary construction compounds What’s involved in building a new high-voltage electricity connection? We need to set up construction compounds at key locations along the route of the new connection. These will be used to …
- Home Construction information: temporary roads and entrances What’s involved in building a new high-voltage electricity connection? We appreciate that construction activity can be disruptive to communities. We are very aware of this and we’re working with …