National Grid to replace wires on 40km route between East Dorset and Southampton

Wires will be replaced by Balfour Beatty on behalf of National Grid on a 40km section of the electricity transmission network, covering 115 pylons, between Mannington substation in East Dorset and Nursling substation in Southampton. The post National Grid to replace wires on 40km route between East Dorset and Southampton appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

£3bn worth of contracts signed for third England-Scotland HVDC interconnector

Contracts have been signed for the converter stations and cable system that will form the Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3), the UK’s largest ever electricity transmission project. The post £3bn worth of contracts signed for third England-Scotland HVDC interconnector appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Overhead line upgrade between Harker and the Scottish border completed

National Grid has finished a major upgrade to overhead electricity transmission lines north of its Harker substation near Carlisle, work intended to strengthen a cross‑border link that supplies power to parts of England and Scotland. The post Overhead line upgrade between Harker and the Scottish border completed appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Trio of GB ‘electricity superhighways’ move forward with revised timetables and early funding

Three major electricity transmission projects designed to carry more home‑grown clean power across Great Britain have taken a step forward after regulator Ofgem approved revised delivery timetables and early funding. The post Trio of GB ‘electricity superhighways’ move forward with revised timetables and early funding appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

McLaughlin & Harvey to deliver new National Grid control centre

McLaughlin & Harvey has been named main contractor on a National Grid project to deliver a new electricity control centre in the Midlands. The Electricity Transmission Control Centre (ETCC) will be built on the site of a former 275kV substation at Hams Hall, near Birmingham,… The post McLaughlin & Harvey to deliver new National Grid control centre appeared first on Construction News.

Engineering with Rosie Live - The True Cost of Renewables - LCOE Calcs with John Poljak, 20012023

This is a follow up livestream from Rosie's recent upload (https://youtu.be/quI_8xYSWYE) on LCOE (levelised cost of energy) from solar, wind, combined cycle gas, geothermal, coal and nuclear. Plus transmission and storage costs needed to integrate a lot of variable renewables into the grid.

Real Engineering - The Problem with Solar Energy in Africa, 23102021

Although there could be huge potential with solar power in the Saharan Desert and North Africa region, there are also a number of issues that have been encountered