Pylons are ugly and nobody likes them! Filling up our countryside with thousands more of them to facilitate a massive electricity grid expansion is proving to be a very tricky challenge with lots of local opposition. But what if you could build your electricity grid out at sea and just bring cables to shore where they’re needed?

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China’s MILLION VOLT Energy Superhighway
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UK Holistic Network Design
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UK Offshore Transmission Network Review
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The Great UK Grid Upgrade
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UK Emission reduction
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Hornsea Wind Farms
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Michael Barnard on the Future of HVDC transmission
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