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The Guardian

Government rules out underground cabling in National Grid upgrade



Rollout of pylons across countryside is cheaper and quicker way to integrate renewable electricity, says energy tsarThe government has ruled out burying electricity cables underground as part of its energy strategy, which will involve the unrolling of millions of pylons across the British countryside, Ed Miliband’s clean energy tsar has said.Chris Stark, the former leader of the Climate Change Committee, now heads the government’s “mission control” department for decarbonising the grid by boosting renewable energy and building connections across the country. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/12/renewable-energy-uk-pylons-national-grid-upgrade

Author : Helena Horton Environment reporter

Publish date : 2024-09-12 13:38:06

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