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National Grid have announced it has completed work on its Lister Drive 275kV substation in Liverpool.
The engineering work has connected Statkraft’s new Greener Grid Park to the electricity transmission network, enabling an emission free way to boost system stability.
The Lister Drive substation and the Greener Grid Park occupy an historic location for fossil fuel generation in Liverpool.
“It’s apt that Lister Drive should be a site for this new green technology providing essential stability services to the grid, given its historical significance for energy generation in Liverpool. It’s now playing a key role in helping Britain harness increasing volumes of renewable power into the future.” – Mark Brindley, Project Director (Northern region), National Grid
The development from National Grid (and ESO) continues on from their commitment in introducing new measures to reform grid connections in England and Wales.
A cleaner power generation system must be developed.
The physical engineering works are a big part of developing new and existing connections to the transmission network.
The work included:
- Ensuring the ‘specialised synchronous compensators and flywheel at Statkraft’s site are fully operational and are supplying stability services to help National Grid ESO to manage system frequency.
- Installing a new disconnecting circuit breaker to upgrade the protection and central software.
- Running a new 275kV cable between the sites to make the transition network connection.
Since 2018, National Grid have spent £5billion to upgrade, adapt and maintain the electricity transmission network.
By 2026 this target total targeted spend will be £9billion.
Read National Grid’s full article here.
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