The Yorkshire Green Energy Enablement Project, referred to as Yorkshire GREEN, involves the upgrade and reinforcement of the high-voltage electricity network in Yorkshire to improve the transfer of clean energy across the country.
Project updatePreparatory works for Yorkshire GREEN is underway. There will continue to be some road closures and other traffic management in place to allow us to carry out some of these works. We will be receiving delivery of eight supergrid transformers between now and October 2025. Four will be delivered to our new Overton Substation and four to our new Monk Fryston Substation. |
Yorkshire GREEN involves:
building two new substations at Overton and Monk Fryston
reconducting and strengthening 28km of existing overhead lines
installing approximately 10km of new overhead lines
installing approximately 1km of new underground cables
installing 33 new pylons
minor works to install additional equipment at Osbaldwick Substation.
Yorkshire GREEN is a key part of The Great Grid Upgrade – the largest overhaul of the electricity transmission network across England and Wales in generations.
The Great Grid Upgrade will play a big part in the UK Government’s plan to boost homegrown power. It will help the UK switch to clean energy and make sure our electricity network is fit for the future; connecting clean energy that’s produced right here in the UK, increasing the self-sufficiency of our energy supplies.
We received planning consent for Yorkshire GREEN in March 2024 and main construction is now underway at some areas across the route.
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Where we are now
On Thursday 14 March 2024, the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero granted development consent for the Yorkshire GREEN project.
In summer 2024, we began preparing our sites for construction, for example by establishing construction compounds and creating access tracks to our sites. This early work to enable construction is nearing completion; most sites are ready for our teams to start main construction work.
Some of the new infrastructure will be operational in 2027, and all works anticipated to be complete by 2028.
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