#UK

UK, Scotland: The installation of a new substation at Rothienorman in Aberdeenshire is to reach a major milestone with the completion of Phase One.

UK, Glasgow: Top winners of the 2021 Ashden Awards announced at COP26 are African climate innovators from Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

UK, Glasgow: Hitachi Energy will supply SP Energy Networks with pioneering EconiQTM gas-insulated lines to support the country’s sustainable energy targets.

UK, Leeds: Wilson Power Solutions is a third-generation family run business led by Erika Wilson.

UK: National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has confirmed that it will be expanding its use of SmartValve technology to unlock an additional 500 MW.

UK: Two major milestones have been hit on Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, with 165 wind turbine foundations and the in-zone substation installed.

UK, Essex, Purfleet: UK Power Networks is currently in the middle of upgrading the power infrastructure in and around the Essex town of Purfleet.

UK: National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is expanding the use of transformational power flow control technology.

UK, Scotland: Aker Offshore Wind has outlined plans to utilize Scotland’s first offshore wind underwater substation.

UK, Scotland, Neart na Gaoithe: Collett & Sons have transported two 160 T shunt reactors over 8,046 km (5,000 mi).

UK, London: National Grid has awarded Linxon the substation package relating to its London Power Tunnels 2 project in the United Kingdom.

UK, Dover: Megger Group and IPS Group have jointly announced that they have reached a definitive agreement to work together as strategic partners.

UK, Burnham-on-Sea: Two tug boats and a Pilot Boat accompanied a large barge as it headed past Burnham-On-Sea on Friday morning (10 September).

UK: Thousands of homes could soon be warmed by the heat from giant electricity grid transformers for the first time as part of new plans.

UK, Rochdale: The Collett Team has delivered a 128Te transformer from Esprit Warehousing & Docks, Salford to the National Grid substation in Rochdale.

UK: The work to install a high-powered underground cable delivering electricity to the UK’s largest public electric vehicle charging hub, begins on Monday, 2 August.

UK, Shetland: SSEN Transmission has started work to install 10 km of underground cable in Shetland and Caithness.

UK, Stoke-on-Trent: Linxon has awarded Kirby Group Engineering a subcontract for the onshore substation mechanical and electrical installation.

UK, Tees Valley: Onshore construction activities have begun at the Sofia and Dogger Bank C offshore wind projects located off the UK’s north-east coast.

UK, Scotland, Dunfermline: A new $7.6 M (£5.5 M) super substation in Dunfermline will support the growth of the town and its work towards a green economy.

National Grid described it as the size of a bungalow – Suffolk Highways preferred the weight equivalent of 14.5 double decker buses.

UK, Kintore: In Scotland, Omexom UK Major Projects was awarded by SSEN Transmission the contract for the construction of a new 400 kV G3 substation at Kintore.

UK: RWE has selected France-based RTE International as the technical consultant for HVDC systems at the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks’ (SSEN’s) multimillion-pound project is to boost the resilience of Surrey’s power supply.

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is using transformational technology to unlock 1.5 GW of network capacity.

Dogger Bank wind farm off the UK coast is to use the first unmanned offshore high voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore substation of 1200 MW capacity.

SP Energy Networks and Siemens are trialling new environmentally friendly ‘clean-air’ technology at one of the former’s electricity substations.

National Grid has successfully delivered a new 178 T transformer, to Sandford substation site, a part of the Hinkley Connection Project.