National Grid has successfully energised 36 of the world’s first pylons in the new T-design between Bridgwater and Loxton in Somerset, SW England. The new pylons have been constructed as part of the £900 million Hinkley Connection Project, a 57 km 400 kV line to connect the new nuclear power plant to the grid. Electricity is now passing via the T-pylons to a newly constructed electricity substation at Sandford and along 8.5km of underground cables through the Mendip Hills area. … read more »
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