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National Grid launches consultation on project to deliver renewable and low carbon energy to more UK homes

24 January 2022

National Grid is consulting on its plans to reinforce the electricity network between Bramford in Suffolk and Twinstead Tee in Essex. The public consultation will run until Monday 21 March 2022.

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Strategic Infrastructure :The Great Grid Upgrade

Statutory consultation on proposed Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement launched

24 January 2022

National Grid has today launched its latest public consultation on plans to reinforce the electricity network between Bramford in Suffolk and Twinstead Tee in Essex. The public consultation will run until Monday 21 March 2022.

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Major pylon removal project gets underway in Snowdonia

20 January 2022

2022 will mark a significant milestone with the start on-site of a project to transform a nationally significant Snowdonia landscape that will ultimately remove the overhead electricity line and pylons from across the Dwyryd Estuary.

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National Grid to consult on plans to boost the electricity network between Bramford and Twinstead

17 January 2022

New electricity reinforcement is needed between Bramford and Twinstead by 2028 to carry renewable and low carbon power to homes and businesses and to help the UK achieve its Net Zero target for 2050.

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New BBC series ‘Digging for Britain’ features National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project

10 January 2022

The programme will be broadcast on BBC2 at 8pm on Wednesday 12 January and features the remains of a Roman roadside settlement, discovered along the route of National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project and its underground cabling work in the Mendip Hills.

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Brits commit to climate change resolutions for 2022 with 74% believing climate change needs to be tackled now

31 December 2021

New research from National Grid shows that consumers are looking at how they can be more climate conscious in 2022, with a third (33%) including a commitment to tackle climate change in their New Year’s Resolutions.

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