Work began in April 2016 at the grid site which is opposite the King Power Stadium in the city centre. It has involved the replacement of an entire 132kV double busbar substation which has reached the end of its serviceable life.
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The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy recently announced an award of £6m towards the e4Future project.
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The “call for ideas” has been sent out by the Energy Networks Association (ENA) – the trade body for the sector.
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Engineers will be painting and replacing some steelwork on 102 pylons on a 35km section of line between April and November. Electricity supplies will continue uninterrupted during the work.
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The pilot is being launched for applications this autumn, with the pre-qualification process for the single competitive funding-round opening tomorrow (18 October). The budget will be split across two financial years – 2016/17 and 2017/18 – with the first payments to be made by March 31 2017.
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The year-long project will allow for vital upgrades to the network which supplies around 31,000 homes and businesses in the Three Towns, Kilwinning and Irvine areas.
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More than 50 people, from engineers to project managers, worked on the project to replace 7.4km of underground power cables.
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The investment, which has already started, will see the region’s electricity distributor carrying out a series of works across the region including the replacement and installation of 13.9 kilometres of underground power cables and replacement of 5.9 kilometres of overhead power lines.
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The funding, which has been announced by the Faraday Institution, will see four UK-based consortia conduct application-inspired research aimed at overcoming battery challenges to accelerate the electric vehicle (EV) revolution.
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The improvement work to upgrade and reinforce the electricity network has recently been completed and will benefit the 7,000 customers who are fed from a primary substation site on the Bridgend Trading estate in Brackla.
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