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16 Mar 20221 minute read

First new-style pylons installed in UK

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First new-style pylons installed in UK

National Grid has installed the first batch of a new design of high-voltage electricity pylon in the UK. 

The T-shaped design represents the biggest overhaul in almost a century. The new pylons have a reduced visual impact on the environment and at 115ft stand around a third shorter than their traditional counterparts. 

The first pylons, erected by ECA Member Balfour Beatty, will connect Hinkley Point C power station to up to six million homes and businesses. 

Matt Steele, Balfour Beatty’s Managing Director for its Rail and Utilities business, said in Construction Enquirer: “Our unique capability and extensive experience in delivering major, complex overhead line schemes, makes us ideally positioned to play a key role in constructing the world’s first T-pylons.”

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