A £2.1 million investment has upgraded power supplies at an electricity substation near Great Yarmouth, benefiting thousands of residents for the future.
UK Power Networks, which distributes electricity across the East, has installed a new 23-tonne electricity transformer in the village of Martham. Transformers step down the power so it can be safely delivered to homes and businesses, offer scope for greater electrical capacity and will maintain reliable supplies.
The new kit which was carefully manoeuvred into place, is part of UK Power Networks’ investment programme to upgrade the electricity supply. It will receive electricity from the network at 33,000-volts and safely turn it down to 11,000 volts for onward delivery to about 6,000 customers in the village and beyond.
Gavin Hawes, project manager at UK Power Networks, said, “This investment project will deliver long-lasting benefits in the area and support growth in demand for electric vehicles, heat pumps and more low carbon technologies connecting to electricity networks.”
UK Power Networks owns and maintains the network of cables, substations and power lines that deliver electricity to approximately 20 million people across the East, London and South East of England, regardless of who sends you your electricity bill. As the country’s biggest electricity distributor, it has invested £8 billion in its electricity networks since 2011.
