‘Stringing’ has taken place on the Hinkley Connection Project’s new T-pylons. There will be a total of 116 T-pylons along the route. Construction work has begun on the remaining 68 T-pylons on the northern section of the route between Sandford and Portbury.  Those will be completed, including stringing, by 2023.

National Grid stated, “The T-design, with a single pole and cross shaped arms, is around a third shorter than traditional high-voltage pylon design with a smaller footprint. The new pylon design was selected from over 250 designs entered into an international competition run in 2011, organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects and government (the then Department of Energy and Climate Change).

“With a need for new energy infrastructure to enable progress towards net zero.  The competition sought a new design to reduce impact on the local environment and surroundings.”

The Hinkley Connection stretches 57 km from Hinkley Point C to Seabank power station. It is made up of sections of traditional lattice pylons at Shurton and Avonmouth and 116 new T-pylons, with a section of underground cable between Loxton and Sandford, running under the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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