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Construction of the project began in the autumn of 2020, and the last turbine was installed August 2023.

The North Planning Applications Committee approved the project’s onshore application for planning permission in principle.

The Hylton Castle substation will provide a new grid connection for Nissan, AESC UK and Sunderland City Council’s EV36Zero electric vehicle hub at the site.

The company will supply nine transformers with capacities of 275 to 400 kV to five substations operated by National Grid by October 2027.

The transformer is classified as an abnormal indivisible load and needs to be delivered on a specialist vehicle under police escort and at low speed.

UK, London: On 24 May, LS Eco Advanced Cables signed an agreement with Port of Tyne. In the agreement, the parties have agreed a limited…

The funds will “unlock economic growth and enable the increasingly digital, electrified and decarbonised economies of the future” and support 55000 more jobs.

SSEN Transmission has announced it has selected Sumitomo Electric Industries and its subsea cable installation partner, Van Oord Offshore Wind UK as preferred bidder for Shetland 2.

The work enables the interconnector to be brought back to optimal conditions.

The line will connect the UK and the Netherlands with offshore wind farms, providing clean energy, and help reduce household bills.

The substation is one of five to be built as part of SSEN Transmission’s Argyll and Kintyre 275 kV Reinforcement Project.

The location was chosen for its proximity to key clients and partners and connections to employees.

National Grid is working with Smart Wires on an innovation project to make better use of grid enhancing technologies such as advanced power flow controllers.

The Partnership forms part of a £9 billion supply chain framework which will also support infrastructure projects beyond 2030.

The aim of the Project is to address electricity demand in the UK, expected to double from 300 to 600 TWh by 2050.

The project is said to be Europe’s first commercial-scale floating wind project.

Viking Link is National Grid’s 6th interconnector, and the UK’s 9th.

The facility will help to reduce the use of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), used in the electrical industry to prevent short circuits and to keep the network safe and reliable.

The offshore wind farm will be the world’s largest once finished.

ENWL delivers electricity to about 5 million customers in Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria.

The company wants to deliver a net zero electricity system by 2035, and is making the decisions to ensure its network is fit-for-purpose to enable the transition.

Each transformer was 9 m long, 5.4 m wide and 5 m in height.

UK, Scotland: SP Energy Networks has completed a £9.5 million upgrade of overhead powerlines in Ayrshire to help enable growth and support the transition to…

Eastern Green Link 2, an >500 km subsea connection between Scotland and Yorkshire will be the longest ever built in Great Britain.