Giant UK electricity transformer set to make waves with barge arrival

A 155-tonne electricity transformer, potentially the largest ever delivered through this method in the UK, will be transported by barge to Black Rock Sands beach

UKPN adopts ‘clean air’ switchgear to reduce SF6 use

The electricity distributor has partnered with Siemens Energy to deploy a SF6-free switchgear technology, achieving a reduction in carbon emissions

Wimbledon wins the energy match!

UK Power Networks has refurbished a 19th-century electricity substation

Substation work for ‘Scotland’s largest’ offshore wind farm greenlighted

East Lothian Council has approved the construction of an electricity substation for the project

SSEN boosts resilience of power supplies for Highland communities with £1.2m investment

Almost 600 properties will benefit from upgrades of the electricity networks, the construction of a new substation and an underground cable project

Tate Modern uses waste heat from electricity substation

London’s art gallery Tate Modern (pictured) will soon get its heating and hot water demand from waste heat recovered from an electricity substation. UK Power Networks will use heat recovered as a by-product from its £60 million refurbished electricity substation Bankside. Engineering group Arup, which is also working on the project, claims the system is […]