On 15 April the share of Great Britain’s electricity being generated by fossil fuels fell to a record low of 2.4% 🍃 Carbon Brief and Simon Evans explore how we’re getting closer to operating the electricity system at zero-carbon for short periods by 2025. 👇

James Watson CEng, FIET Yep, all getting uprated to 400kV and being made into a new line using 98% of existing infrastructure.

James Watson CEng, FIET It’s a great addition to the network and really needed, L13 is the best tower design to use for the new OHL’s, L13(t) was an idea of mine I brought forward to make an L13 type that was less heavy using tensile strength that makes it more like L6.

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While marine HVDC is desirable where possible, it creates additional security risks.

The optimal whole-system solution still needs to be modelled.

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Banquo's ghost🍃💚🍃 Sense of Place Elizabeth Budd 🍃💚🍃 Ian Fotheringham Rosie P 🍃💚🍃🌳🚲💧 James Watson CEng, FIET March 2024, from ESO.

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James Watson CEng, FIET Phil - Dim Parcio Looks like.

James Watson CEng, FIET The Beyond 2030 report does indicate a new AC OHL from Harker to Penwortham. The fact that they are burying the onshore section of EGL3 and 4 is bogus and should be an overhead HVDC line that parallels the proposed Grimsby to Walpole AC overhead line.

Phil - Dim Parcio James Watson CEng, FIET Here's a modest little chap from SE London, also 1931 as it happens.

There was a larger installation behind but that went out of service and was part demolished at least 25 years back.

It might actually be heading straight through to Europe via the interconnectors in some scenarios. Had a meeting yesterday about uprating some of the London 275kV circuits to 400kV due to predicted heavy flows 🤯🔥🔥🔥

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Giving strong William of Normandy leading his mounted hit squad into the ragged English shieldwall on the ridge at Hastings vibes

James Watson CEng, FIET And more Mersey Power, from the days when people were proud of what they built. Clockwise from 1/. Fern Road Ellesmere Port, 2/. Vale Road EP, 3/. Cromwell Road EP (now demolished), 4/. Helsby (as above).

James Watson CEng, FIET A cute little brick switch house near Helsby Station, Mersey Power Co Ltd - and still in use.

James Watson CEng, FIET Make that three 😂

The British Government has announced a £75bn increase in Defence spending. PSL analysis live on how much of this is new money, where it may be spent and the very elegant 'political booby trap' at the heart of these spending plans.

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The lead commissioning engineer took me around here last year (I was in the neighbourhood) and showed me all the little incremental improvements he’d made on the project. Very impressive stuff. Excellent attitude 👏🏻👏🏻

James Watson CEng, FIET Is the 'swinging bushing' disconnector visible in your video replicated on the floor above, like drawing of 1939 German design below?

Indoor 132kV substation. Built like a brick switch house…
All that remains of the power station complex which was once the BIGGEST in Europe 🤯