The world’s longest land and subsea electricity cable, connecting Denmark and the UK, began operating for the first time on 29 December 2023. The record breaking interconnector extends for 765 km between substations in Lincolnshire and southern Jutland. Initially it will power up 1.6 million British households but by 2025 it should be at full […]
Ofgem looks to civic chiefs for increased local input into energy planning
Ofgem’s CEO, Jonathan Brearley, has hosted a summit bringing together city leaders and mayors to discuss proposed regional energy planning reforms. Ofgem is seeking local support in terms of energy planning, with the introduction of Regional Energy Strategic Planners (RESPs), who will work with local authorities, gas and electricity distributors to plan cable and switch […]
Electric Superhighway has received the go ahead from Scottish and English planning authorities
In recent news, we learned that planning consent has been granted on all onshore and offshore aspects of the Eastern Green Link 2 project (EGL2), a joint venture between National Grid and SSEN Transmission. Construction of the 525kV, 2GW high voltage sub-sea cable will take five years, with 291 miles of high voltage direct current […]
Lithium: why the ‘White Gold Rush’?
Competition for Lithium is reported to be fierce. What is it, and what does it mean for our chances of phasing out fossil fuels for good? Lithium, referred to as white gold due to its silvery colour, is one of the lightest and most reactive elements on earth. This makes it ideal for storing energy […]
Utilities Management – What does the future hold?
The past few years have seen sweeping changes across the UK’s energy sector and this shows no sign of slowing down. The Government’s commitment to becoming ‘carbon neutral’ by 2050 has coincided with high fuel prices and critical fuel shortages due to the war in the Ukraine, the lack of battery storage, and issues with […]
Levelling up and the Regeneration Bill: What this means for planning
Town planning has risen up the Government agenda and will play a central role in the aspiration to ‘level up’ the country. The property profession can expect a huge increase in activity over the year; fasten your seatbelts! The reforms will have wide ranging implications in all corners of the system: the way that development […]
HyNet: what is it, and could it affect you?
What is HyNet? HyNet North West is a major new venture, due to be launched by Cadent and scheduled to begin in 2025. It will deliver the UK’s first 100% hydrogen pipeline. What will this involve? A combination of new technology and infrastructure, and upgrading and re-purposing of existing fossil fuel production plants, to produce, […]
Turris vs CEGB Summary and Injurious Affection
Turris Investments Ltd vs Central Electricity Generating Board [1981] 1 EGLR 186 In this landmark case Turris owned a 10.8 acre site, purchased for the sum of £70,000 in July 1977, at Worsley, near Manchester. The land was affected by pylons and a 400kV line, held on a terminable wayleave. The site came with an […]
The Arnold White Case vs National Grid
AWE owned a 19.5 acre site to the south of Leighton Buzzard (“Area 15C”). A 400kV overhead electricity line (OHEL) extended from east to west across the centre of Area 15C. The line was subject to a terminable wayleave. In 2004 Area 15C was included in the Bedfordshire Local Plan Review as a potential site […]
