#UK

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.

UK, Wishaw: SP Energy Networks has successfully completed a $39 M (£28 M) refurbishment to its Wishaw substation.

UK, Billericay: UK-based Xlinks company is planning to build 10.5 GW of wind and solar complex in Morocco.

Tekmar has won a contract award to supply its cable protection systems for the 242 MW Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

SP Energy Networks has successfully completed a $26.7 M (£17 M) upgrade to the Strathaven 275 kV substation in South Lanarkshire.

UK, Guernsey, St Peter Port: TRIG has announced acquisition of Grönhult, a 67.2 MW ready-to-build onshore wind farm located in the southwest of Sweden.

Vattenfall has selected Siemens Energy Global GmbH, and Aker Solutions to develop grid infrastructure for 3.6 GW Norfolk offshore wind zone.

UK, Suffolk, Swaffham: A $4.1 M (£3 M) electricity project, has upgraded electricity supplies for 15,000 customers on the Suffolk / Norfolk border.

UK, Glasgow: Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC) will be part of a revolutionary design and trial of next generation digital substations.