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UK / New Nuclear And Wind Will Need Transmission Infrastructure At ‘Unprecedented Scale And Pace’

By David Dalton
4 August 2023

Report says construction times could be cut in half as country plans 24 GW of new reactor capacity

New Nuclear And Wind Will Need Transmission Infrastructure At ‘Unprecedented Scale And Pace’
The report says electricity transmission line construction can be cut to seven years from 14 years. Courtesy National Grid.
The UK can build transmission lines in half the time it now takes as it pushes to bring new wind and nuclear power online and speed up the decarbonisation of its power supply, the government’s energy adviser says in a report published on Friday (4 August).

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