Plan for network to use green energy

A PUBLIC consultation is under way over plans for a new energy network.

National Grid is holding a public consultation on its proposals for the Yorkshire Green Energy Enablement (Yorkshire GREEN) Project.

The consultation began yesterday and will run for five weeks, until Thursday April 15.

With more energy coming from offshore wind, a new connection from Scotland, and interconnectors across the North Sea being developed, connecting to the North East, the Yorkshire GREEN Project is needed to deliver this new clean energy to homes and businesses.

National Grid says it is in the early planning stages for this project.

To create a new link on the system and reinforce the network, the proposals include new and upgraded overhead lines, two new substations, one to the north west of York, and another near the existing Monk Fryston substation, some pylon and wire replacement and some new equipment at existing substations.

Rachel Tullis, National Grid’s Yorkshire GREEN Project Director, said: “The Yorkshire GREEN Project will provide the capacity to manage growing energy demand and the massive increase in clean energy that is coming onto the transmission system, supporting national and local Net Zero targets and ambitious Government plans to provide 40GW of electricity from offshore wind by 2030.”

National Grid is writing to residents and details of the project will be shared via www.nationalgrid.com/uk/electricity-transmission/yorkshire-green.