Zak AKA "The Pylon Man" - Energy Transmission.

Staying energised!

Spotted this new NIMBY poster recently put up in my local area.

Just sat in my car chilling…

This is the scarring and destruction of a lot of agricultural land by a Six-Circuit 220kV Underground Cable in North Lincolnshire to cut corners with Planning Permission. Here is a comparison of the land impact of a 400kV Overhead Line vs a 400kV Underground Cable corridor.

Some people may say that I’m a danger to others because I speak my mind. If I see idiocy, I will call it out.

The perfect tower for The Great Grid Upgrade, the L13. It’s the heaviest 400kV tower in the class but it’s the same type of steel used for the L12 but thicker to accommodate some of the heaviest mechanical loads. It’s easy to assemble however and a perfect time to futureproof.

Underground Cables will never be cheaper than Overhead Lines as the materials used go through more processing and manufacturing than for OHL due to the cooling and flow containment being 100% man-made, not to mention the amount of manual labour needed. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10…

The fact that we’ve gone backwards on this shit blows my mind…

Explain this, NIMBY’s. Is this beauty or an eyesore? I drove past this today with my girlfriend en route to Blackpool as a de-tour because the M1 at Wakefield was closed due to a bridge defect.

Here is the amount of land use required for a 400kV cable. 275kV and 132kV have less land use requirements but they still face the same issues and is not feasible for default cases. This is a proposed 400kV underground cable linking Great North Road Solar Farm to Staythorpe.

The Great Grid Upgrade cannot fully go ahead without a Critical Infrastructure Act legislation to secure our Transmission & Distribution network upgrades. This will be the downfall.

Rule 1. Always upgrade existing infrastructure before building new OHL's. ZDA (L2) and 4TM (L6c) are being reconductored to prepare for more incoming renewable generation peak loads from Solar Farms in the area. When existing infrastructure gets to it's limits, then we build new.

NEVER climb or go near live electricity equipment and switchgear, the close proximity is enough for the current to arc to your body and inject thousands to millions of amps into your internal system and kill you. If there is a problem, call the TSO or local DNO in your area.

My first ever tattoo!

Do NOT scrap it! telegraph.co.uk/business/202…

Coming soon...

Out photographing some old MIDESCO 66kV towers at Breadsall and Morley with my best friend before they get replaced, we then came across this NIMBY poster about the proposed Chesterfield - Willington line.

Transmission is booming in Australia, The Americas, Africa and Asia meanwhile here in Europe we are stuck with politicians forcing us to use non-feasible infrastructure such as underground cabling for a lot of the works, we're going backwards!

Some exciting times ahead! Sat at a pub in South Wingfield looking at the view where the new Chesterfield - Willington line will be at!

Here are the multiple options of Grid Connections, these three indicate which options are the best and most feasible. The best option is to hook onto an existing Overhead Line or Underground Cable, The second best option is to build a new Overhead Line to the nearest substation.