Green Volt project approved
The project is said to be Europe’s first commercial-scale floating wind project.
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.
The system will be able to power over 650000 homes once operational.
A transformer pole caught fire and caused an outage affecting 1415 homes.
The investment would help UK meet its growing power demand.
The line should bolster energy security on the Isle of Lewis.
The substation will link part of the world’s largest offshore wind farm to the national grid.
The EGL2 is a joint venture between British power transmission network owners SSEN Transmission and the National Grid Electricity Transmission.
The digital solution provides energy operators with insights into their network’s health and future capacity.
UK, Manchester: The MIDEL and MIVOLT ester fluid businesses were acquired by Shell UK Limited from M&I Materials Ltd. on 31st December 2023, and to…
Linxon is marking the certified takeover of the extension of Bicker Fen 400 kV AIS substation, part of the commissioning of the 1400 MW Viking Link between the UK and Denmark.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has submitted its plans to the energy regulator Ofgem for the future electricity network in the Outer Hebrides.
After almost three years of construction, SSEN Transmission teams have energised the new Alyth Substation, a milestone in the final phases of the project.
Civil engineering firm Jones Bros has handed over the substation it built for the 240 MW Morlais tidal energy project on the Welsh island of Anglesey.
SSE Renewables has warned further delays to turbine installation at the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank A wind farm off east England may push back full operations to 2025.
Two large supergrid transformer deliveries will be made to the new Biggleswade substation on 11 and 18 February 2024.
UK, Wales: National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is planning to build a new 400 kV substation in Wales.