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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

1 month

38,000 have signed our petition. We need a GREAT grid upgrade. Pylons are not cheap. Instead: 1. Integrated offshore grid. 2. Upgrade the existing grid. 3. HVDC undergrounding. All three: better/cheaper/more popular

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

5 months

Here are just 3 of the ancient oaks that @nationalgriduk seeks to destroy in its Norwich to Tilbury pylons plan. (And think of the outrage over Sycamore Gap) They are a haven for a colossal 2,300 wildlife species 1.8million trees at risk in total.

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

We are sad, shocked and upset by the felling of the #SycamoreGap oak tree. But, here in East Anglia, @nationalgriduk wants to fell countless trees and hedgerows, NEEDLESSLY (there's a better alternative: offshore grid). This one is just one at risk. 1/

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

20 days

Miliband can’t be allowed to get away with this pylon vandalism

Miliband can’t be allowed to get away with this pylon vandalism

Our Prime Minister has set my blood boiling – along with my fellow East Anglians. Hellbent on his myopic plan for the country’s infrastructure, he and his cabinet have taken on a hectoring approach...

uk.news.yahoo.com

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

Those who want an offshore grid: - 27,000 people - 14 MPs in East Anglia (4 more in Lincs) - three county councils - all affected district councils; over 400 parish councils - wildlife Those who want the Norwich to Tilbury pylons: - @nationalgriduk

114-mile pylon plans criticised by councils in letter to National Grid | ITV News

National Grid says the pylons will support the infrastructure for England to meet its net-zero target, but local communities fear the impact on the countryside. | ITV News Anglia

www.itv.com

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

This beautiful, ancient oak tree will be chopped down for the pylons. Yet @nationalgriduk claims its project is green. And ignores that an integrated offshore grid is in fact better for the environment because it reduces infrastructure by 50%.

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

10 months

Thank you, Ralph Fiennes, for this excellent video and support for the campaign for an offshore grid. @nationalgrid : an integrated offshore grid IS the cheaper way to go because it reduces overall infrastructure required (by 50%). Stop being an ostrich.

Ralph Fiennes adds voice to campaign against 112-mile pylons route

Ralph Fiennes argues for an offshore alternative to a 112-mile pylon plan spanning three counties.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

6 months

All at risk. And much, much more, along a 180km swathe of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex countryside. Thousands and thousands of trees and hedgerows will be destroyed. Please sign the petition:

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

5 months

Our press statement. If @Keir_Starmer wants a fight, he can have one. We're up for it. We want cheaper & better solutions. Not solutions imposed by bullies.

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

2 months

Quite right @AdrianRamsay Nothing nimby about wanting the BEST solution rather than National Grid's favourite. Offshore grid, HVDC undergrounding & upgrading existing grid all cheaper & better than pylons. Pylons = last resort 🦕

Green Party co-leader denies being hypocrite for opposing wind farm pylon plans

Exclusive: Ahead of the Greens conference in Manchester, co-leader Adrian Ramsay says his party is the success story of 2024, not Nigel Farage’s Reform

www.independent.co.uk

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

19 days

Front page, Sunday Telegraph

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@PylonsEAnglia

11 months

We think this means that National Grid will have to go back to the drawing board and review their plans altogether.. East Anglia pylons: Study to explore offshore route feasibility

East Anglia pylons: Study to explore offshore route feasibility

A study will explore the feasibility of running underwater power lines to offshore grids.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

9 months

Dr Poulter: “The energy experts have told the Select Committee what we have known locally all along - that an offshore grid would be a cheaper, quicker and more effective way of transmitting the energy supply produced from offshore wind.” @DrDanPoulter

Suffolk MP Dan Poulter adds his voice to new calls for offshore power grid

Central Suffolk MP Dr Dan Poulter asked power bosses about the viability of creating an offshore grid to avoid new pylons being put up across the…

www.eadt.co.uk

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

21 days

East Anglia: famed for its big skies. Let's keep them pylon free

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

30 days

We need to flip the thinking. Pylons should be a last resort. @ofgem why aren't you scrutinising @nationalgriduk ? Foreign shareholders shouldn't call the shots in our grid upgrade @Ed_Miliband @StarkClimate @Keir_Starmer @johnredwood @SuzanneEvans1 @neso_energy @energygovuk

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

Paywalled article but how cool is this bit which we can read?!: "Sightings of two protected bird species have soared on an Essex island after overhead power lines were buried underground...."

Protected birds flock to Essex island in record numbers after power cables sent underground

More than 3,800 dunlins, a small wader, were recorded on Northey Island in January on their migratory route

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

Community 'benefits' or 'sweeteners' are not the answer to speed up infrastructure. If @UKLabour @Ed_Miliband would actually return emails, we could explain why a North Sea grid is better, faster and cheaper @RachelReevesMP

Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves pledges overhaul of UK's 'antiquated' planning system

The shadow chancellor will also charm business leaders at a forum that has been described as the party's biggest yet.

news.sky.com

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

19 days

Exceptional 'ostrichism' from @StarkClimate & @energygovuk in this piece. The East Anglia Study by @neso_energy showed HVDC undergrounding is cheaper than pylons! They must read Hiorns report. Grid in E Anglia has capacity til 2034 so why obsess over 2030? @JamesCartlidgeMP

Rosie P 🍃💚🍃🌳🚲💧

@RosieP4

19 days

Exactly this: Ed Miliband to roll out pylons despite official report showing burying cables can be cheaper. (Obviously we have raised this with @Ed_Miliband several times) (Thanks @jcartlidgemp ) @PylonsEAnglia

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

11 months

We don't want your POUNDS FOR PYLONS, @Jeremy_Hunt . They are a dinosaur technology! You should be looking to the future with an integrated offshore grid in the North Sea. It would save consumers £2bn & send a signal to wind farm developers that we welcome them.

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

5 months

Nearly 35,000 have signed our petition. We need a best in class grid! 1. Integrated offshore grid. 2. Upgrade the existing grid. We need a 'FERC order 1920' like the USA which requires this. 3. HVDC undergrounding. All three: better/cheaper

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

11 months

Pounds for pylons are meant to bribe people to accept infrastructure. @BBCLookEast says, "In fact we couldn't find a single person in favour of the plans." @Jeremy_Hunt @ClaireCoutinho Full story here in due course, clip on tweet below

BBC One - Look East, Evening News

The main evening news for Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.

www.bbc.co.uk

Lindy Winship

@LindyWinship1

11 months

@PylonsEAnglia This says it all!

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

11 months

Pounds for pylons, our reaction: We are insulted that the government thinks it can buy us off with bribes for a bad project which uses dinosaur technology. If the man from the ministry comes bearing beads for the natives, he will be given short shrift. 1/

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

6 months

A huge thank you to all our helpers and supporters for everything you've done to man our tables at National Grid's drop-in events. One month of consultation left. Let's keep spreading the word.

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

Summing up: We campaign FOR an integrated offshore grid for the N Sea which saves £2bn and AGAINST the damaging, unplanned, piecemeal & pylons approach. We must all reject @nationalgrid 's half-baked 'offshore' option. #GreatGridShambles

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

7 months

Today, at noon, @nationalgrid 's third 'consultation' kicks off. Really, what is the point of these exercises? National Grid ignores 28,000 people, the region's MPs and all the councils. We have hired more consultants to add to our legal team. 1/

New Norwich to Tilbury pylon consultation set to start

National Grid seeks the public's views again on its plans after making some changes.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

6 months

So many events along the pylons route, so many concerned people. And this collage only shows the past few weeks, since CONsultation 3 began. Opposition is stronger & angrier than ever. There is a better way. @energygovuk @ClaireCoutinho @bernardjenkin @jcartlidgemp

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@PylonsEAnglia

6 months

National Grid's propaganda shows continue. This was another one during working hours (11-4) which cut out loads of people who wanted to attend. Only 3 parking spaces. And not on the route of the pylons. Top work @nationalgriduk . What's wrong with village halls with parking?

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

Busy four weeks. Our supporters have been at the @nationalgrid drop-ins, going door-to-door distributing 100,000 leaflets & at our marches. Everyone agrees: the cheaper & environmentally better (50% less infrastructure) strategic offshore grid is the solution. Not pylons.

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@PylonsEAnglia

30 days

UK government’s pylon roll-out plan receives backlash from local councils | Engineering and Technology Magazine

UK government’s pylon roll-out plan receives backlash from local councils

Local councils warn they will launch a High Court challenge to block the government’s plan to roll out electricity pylons across the UK.

eandt.theiet.org

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

Britain must indeed overhaul the way it approves infrastructure. With the grid, following Treasury Green Book would be a great start. Listening to stakeholders would be another. And presenting alternatives another. 1/

Britain must overhaul the way it approves infrastructure

Electricity pylons will be the next battleground

www.economist.com

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@PylonsEAnglia

7 months

You'll have heard us going on (and on) about the benefits of an offshore grid. Sadly, @ofgem has ignored us. Now, however, a report from @ofgem shows (surprise!) the benefits of offshore integration. @SEAScampaign

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

70 years on @nationalgriduk is still using the same technology to trash 180km of East Anglian heritage & habitats. Even though there is a better & cheaper option: INTEGRATED OFFSHORE GRID. Happy birthday for you means ruining nature, lives and livelihoods for us.

National Grid UK

@nationalgriduk

1 year

⚡ The #Supergrid : Britain’s high voltage transmission network. First switched on 70 years ago, this network of pylons and cables has powered the country ever since, helping to drive socioeconomic progress and enabling reliable access to #electricity for the nation. 🤔 Find out

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 month

Fantastic that our county councils recognise that there is a better way of doing things and are standing up for their communities. Big thanks to @Essex_CC @suffolkcc @NorfolkCC @LincolnshireCC @ColinDavie1 @RichardRout

Ed Miliband faces growing legal threat over pylons roll-out

Council leaders warn energy infrastructure will ‘wreck’ countryside

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

6 months

Those who want an alternative to East Anglian pylons (offshore grid or HVDC underground): - 32,000 people who signed the petition - the region's MPs - 3 county councils - the region's district councils - large numbers of parish councils Those who want pylons: @nationalgriduk

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

National Grid is choosing to trash this, when a strategic offshore grid for the East of England offers the following: - £2bn cheaper than unplanned piecemeal & pylons approach - societal and environmental benefits - system and operation benefits including resilience

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

11 months

What is this hypocrisy @ClaireCoutinho ? You have denied 14 of our region's MPs a meeting about sub-sea cables but you are going to meet one in Scotland? Stop throwing the East of England under a bus with the refusal to build an offshore grid @Jamie4North

Sutherland MP Jamie Stone calls for Spittal to Beauly high-voltage power line to be laid undersea...

Mr Stone is to raise the issue of a subsea cable with a UK Government Minister in the New Year.

www.northern-times.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

6 months

'Ugly' East Anglia gets new pylons, while 'beautiful' places elsewhere get theirs taken down.

Rosie P 🍃💚🍃🌳🚲💧

@RosieP4

6 months

Quite. Because they are deemed to be ugly so £500m is being spent on removing pylons. Meanwhile, beautiful East Anglia is considered the ugly sister gets ugly new ones proposed when there are better alternatives @PylonsEAnglia

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

It was BUCKETING with rain last night but loads of you turned up to walk through countryside affected by the pylons, to a pub which will be blighted, where we were met by @bernardjenkin and @pritipatel

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

2 years

New on Twitter... Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons. #peoplevspylons Calling for a strategic offshore grid for the East of England instead of the damaging piecemeal/radial approach. Offshore grid: better for consumers, communities & countryside. Save this from 50-metre high pylons

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Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

3 months

38,000 have signed our petition. We need a GREAT grid upgrade. 1. Integrated offshore grid. 2. Upgrade the existing grid. 3. HVDC undergrounding. All three: better/cheaper/more popular

SAY NO TO 180km of Essex Suffolk Norfolk pylons - and build a...

The East of England's precious historic landscapes and beautiful countryside are at risk from this proposal to build 180km of 50-metre high pylons between Norwich and Tilbury. This is not the...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

6 months

Remember...the project is proposed by @nationalgrid . It's not a benevolent state-owned entity with our interests at heart. Its SHAREHOLDERS are its interests. Our heritage, landscapes & habitats are being destroyed for SHAREHOLDERS. N Sea wind power: good. Transmit it better!

Rosie P 🍃💚🍃🌳🚲💧

@RosieP4

6 months

It’s just a pylon, they say. What’s the fuss, they say. I’ve been visiting parts of the 180km route and at each stage it is frankly terrifying the damage and chaos caused by this project, incl the number of trees & hedges at risk There are better and cheaper ways @PylonsEAnglia

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@PylonsEAnglia

4 months

National Grid....! Get it right. The end date of your consultation is 26th July 2024. Not Friday 29 June, which doesn't even exist. Maybe your construction year of 2031 is incorrect, too. Highly likely, we think. @nationalgriduk

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@PylonsEAnglia

21 days

Trashing Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Lincolnshire, too. And that £12k is nothing. People are taking hits of £200,000-£300,000, having mortgages refused and losing buyers.

Bernie

@Artemisfornow

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NET ZERO - As expected Ed Miliband’s PYLON MANIA, will saturate the North & North East. Where land is cheap, no one listens to them anyway & they won’t care that their already cheap houses are devalued by £12,000 because they live next to one. How’s that for punching down 🤡

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@PylonsEAnglia

6 months

When are you going to take action @ofgem ? You are supposed to ensure that the BEST option is adopted. In this case there are even two CHEAPER options which communities prefer.

Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

6 months

Those who want an alternative to East Anglian pylons (offshore grid or HVDC underground): - 32,000 people who signed the petition - the region's MPs - 3 county councils - the region's district councils - large numbers of parish councils Those who want pylons: @nationalgriduk

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@PylonsEAnglia

4 months

HVDC undergrounding in Germany. A mere fraction of the horrific destruction of AC undergrounding (which needs a swathe up to 220m wide) & far less destructive than pylon construction. Cheaper, too. Pylons are for dinosaurs🦕🦖. We have alternatives.

NordLink underground power cables - explanatory film

When building and laying underground power cables, the transmission system operator TenneT tries to minimize the impact on people, agriculture, the environme...

www.youtube.com

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

Huge thank you to all our supporters for all they have done during the 8 week consultation, despite summer holiday & harvest season. 26,500 signatures; 100k leaflets distributed; 1,100 survey responses; loads of press coverage; 3 walks & a photo shoot. OFFSHORE GRID NEEDED!!

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@PylonsEAnglia

2 years

Constable, Ravilious, Munnings et al painted East Anglia because it's beautiful. So why is there a £500m fund to remove pylons in 'beautiful' areas but we are going to see 180km of new 50m high pylons dumped on us? We need a strategic offshore grid. Stunning East Anglia:

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 month

Anti-pylon campaigners condemn PM's push for plans - BBC News @jcartlidgemp

Anti-pylon campaigners condemn PM's push for plans

Campaigners fight plans for a 114-mile stretch of pylons despite the PM saying they are needed.

www.bbc.co.uk

Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

@PylonsEAnglia

1 month

Tomorrow our founder @RosieP4 willl be on @BBCLookEast 's lunchtime and evening news and on @BBCSuffolk at 07.05.

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@PylonsEAnglia

5 months

This is a disgusting way to treat people. Decision-making should be balanced. And if @Keir_Starmer @RachelReevesMP @UKLabour actually took the time to listen, they might discover there are better alternatives. Offshore grid; HVDC undergrounding; existing grid upgrade.

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@RosieP4

5 months

Wow, @Keir_Starmer . You need to involve communities, not treat them with utter disrespect. Treat them as stakeholders. Consult on options, don’t present done deals. You might even find we have better alternatives. Shocked by this approach to your electorate

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

Falling about laughing... @nationalgrid seeks a 'collaborative & consultative process' to develop an energy plan. NG has ignored MP's, Councils, 23,000 signatures & a legal opinion saying it will come back with Pylons 2 in a consultation v soon!

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@PylonsEAnglia

29 days

Brilliant from @LincsCC Lincolnshire council calls for proof of pylon alternative costs Nearly identical issues here. @ColinDavie1

Lincolnshire council calls for proof of pylon alternative costs

National Grid says building a network of pylons is "significantly" cheaper than underground cables.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

@RobGMacfarlane was eloquent on @BBCr4today about how the symbolic Sycamore Gap tree loss must be used to good effect to protect trees everywhere. /

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 month

The Great Grid Blindspot. @Ed_Miliband @StarkClimate & @ofgem think pylons are cheap. They're not.

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@PylonsEAnglia

3 months

You could easily swap East Coast of England in this article on East Coast US. We need an offshore grid, particularly given the anticipated offshore wind growth

Offshore wind farms connected by an underwater power grid for transmission could revolutionize how...

A big roadblock to offshore wind power is getting approval for onshore transmission lines. But what if there were fewer connection points, and power could flow both ways? Plans are underway.

theconversation.com

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

National Grid is going to have great fun trying to dig a 120 metre wide trench here for its cables (the undergrounded section of the pylons project). @nationalgriduk @bernardjenkin

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@PylonsEAnglia

5 months

It seems that @Keir_Starmer is picking a big fight. There are campaign groups across the country with better alternatives to pylons. 35,000 support our campaign alone - we want an offshore grid.

MargaretB🕊️Rejoiner

@rejoinnow

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⁦ @PylonsEAnglia ⁩ Starmer wants to make enemies of us all. Does he really understand the facts?it is impossible to contact candidates until after the election.

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

If @nationalgridUk was serious about this upgrade, they'd stop offering each wind farm a separate connection point miles inland, and create an offshore grid. Power generated in North Sea: keep it sub-sea til needed (London)

National Grid UK

@nationalgriduk

1 year

There’s no #energytransition without a massive upgrade to the transmission system. Carl Trowell, President of Strategic Infrastructure, spoke to @SkyNews about the need for new infrastructure along the UK’s East Coast. The electricity transmission system of today wasn’t built

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@PylonsEAnglia

5 months

Fabulous to have @BBCLookEast at the amazing one third of life size Writtle pylon

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@PylonsEAnglia

2 months

To support this growth, @TheCrownEstate will have to ensure coordination offshore. The piecemeal/radial approach cannot be allowed to continue. It's more expensive & more damaging. An offshore grid would be better for wind farm developers, too.

How the Crown Estate is using Britain’s sea bed for wind power

Boosted by new investment powers, the royal asset manager wants to restore Britain’s pre-eminent position in offshore wind farms — but it faces a wave of challenges

www.thetimes.com

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@PylonsEAnglia

4 months

People feel very strongly that we need a fit-for-purpose, modern, great grid upgrade & that pylons should be the last resort. We had non-stop visitors to our stand all day at the Tendring Show. #offshoregrid #HVDCunderground #cheaper #greener #popular

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@PylonsEAnglia

5 months

Campaigners invoice @ofgem for doing the job of the regulator...

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@PylonsEAnglia

5 months

People seem to think pylons gently parachute in from the sky and it's just our view we're worried about. In fact it is a monumental construction project.

P Lang

@nfsway60

5 months

2028 pylon construction, on A1124HalsteadRd,would cause HGV numbers to increase to 495 per 12hr day, 7days pw.Other construction vehicles plus 350 pd. Total increase 79%. Roads already too busy, with damaged surfaces. @SteveReedMP @PylonsEAnglia @NikkiMaguire22 @ReynliR31271

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@PylonsEAnglia

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It's not just oak (and other trees) and hedgerows at risk. Meadows, too Pyramidal orchid, Fordham (Coincidentally this is also where @nationalgriduk wants to plonk 2 pylons, a works compound & a sealing end compound on a load of archaeology. Way to go, NG!)

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@PylonsEAnglia

3 months

Thank you @BBCr4today for covering the pylons issue (again). Note that @nationalgriduk told you they assessed alternatives. That's not true. They explore pylons alternatives only. A half-offshore option was part-assessed later. But the point is that... 1/

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@PylonsEAnglia

6 months

Another day, another National Grid propaganda event. Well done Team Diss.

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@PylonsEAnglia

11 months

Essex pylon corridor compensation plan 'insulting' Some brilliant interviews in here with affected residents - setting out the impact of the pylons proposal. OFFSHORE GRID: BETTER FASTER CHEAPER

Essex pylon corridor compensation plan 'insulting'

People living near a planned pylon corridor describe a government compensation offer as a "con".

www.bbc.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

5 months

It would seem that @Keir_Starmer @UKLabour @RachelReevesMP want to make an enemy of this 700 year old oak (and many other ancient oaks and 1.8million trees in total in the way) to build pylons instead of a better, cheaper & more popular offshore grid. #offshoregrid

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@PylonsEAnglia

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@horton_official Possibly the most pathetic journalist tweet ever? We work with all parties and have talked to Conservatives, Labour, Green, Lib Dem and reform. We're not political. We want the best solution.

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So do we want policy set by National Grid, a PLC with primary responsibility to its shareholders?! Most alarming this coziness between NG, DESNZ officials and Ofgem. Note Ofgem refusing our calls for it to enforce MANDATORY Treasury Green Book guidance:

Overhead cables and pylons could be forced onto the British public

As the demand for energy grows, minister are increasingly concerned it could outpace the capacity of the national grid in light of households switching to electric cars and heat pumps.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

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Nonsense @Keir_Starmer . Pylons should be the LAST resort. You're maybe not aware of an offshore grid, HVDC undergrounding and upgrading the existing grid, all of which are cheaper for consumers & better for the environment: @thetimes @MaxKendix

Pylons are the price of lower bills, Keir Starmer tells rural Britain

Prime minister says he’ll face down local complaints to power state-owned GB Energy and cut the cost of living

www.thetimes.com

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@PylonsEAnglia

5 months

Dear @ofgem . We're very bored of you not scrutinising @nationalgriduk 's Norwich to Tilbury pylons proposal and showing zero interest in better alternatives. We feel like we're doing your job for you. So we're sending you an invoice for your time. With thanks. 1/

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Prime Minister accused of throwing rural communities 'under bus' over pylons

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of throwing rural communities in Suffolk and the East of England "under the bus" over…

www.eadt.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

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This is a case in point @Keir_Starmer @edmiliband @UKLabour @KevinCraigUK @emmabishton @BenGoldsborough @alexdiner1987 of why communities should be involved. We are often closer to the detail than so-called 'experts'. Better solutions come from communities. We are not blockers

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@RosieP4

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This is nonsense. The review is to look at HVDC undergrounding (as chosen in Germany instead of pylons). It is cheaper than pylons. “Experts” are still going on about AC undergrounding. They need to read ESO Anglia Study. Or talk to us 🤷‍♀️ @PylonsEAnglia @james4ssuffolk

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He is also ignoring three reports which showed that an integrated offshore grid saves consumers money (£2bn in the North Sea alone). And evidence from the US which shows it is cheaper to upgrade the existing infrastructure than to build new. Not going very well for @Ed_Miliband

Camilla Turner

@camillahmturner

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🔴 Ed Miliband to roll out pylons despite official report showing burying cables can be cheaper Campaigners accuse the Energy Secretary of pursuing ‘dogmatic’ agenda and warn of ‘pitchfork battles’ with rural communities

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@ClaireCoutinho @RishiSunak Wow. So you value the natural world on your doorstep but are happy to ignore the offshore grid solution that saves the whole of East Anglia's natural world from pylons AND reduces everyone's bills by £2bn?

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@PylonsEAnglia

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Why we campaign. Pylons are associated with destruction of habitats, death of birds and downsides galore. Offshore grid wins hands down.

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@PylonsEAnglia

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We need to save Henry. AND this 700 year old oak near Gislingham, also in the way of the pylons And...

James Abbott

@JamesAbbott2013

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National Grid #pylons plan threatens 195 public rights of way (PRoW) in #Essex - 300 yr old Oak tree 'Henry' stands where 2 of those PRoW meet. Henry & Beech & Oak trees nearby to be destroyed by NG & PRoW to have 165ft pylons towering over. Save Henry:

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Some the people that @Keir_Starmer wants to make #enemies of, at a coffee morning in Faulkbourne, Essex today - talking about offshore grids and HVDC undergrounding #offshoregrid better, cheaper, popular @EofELabour

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Let's have a grown up conversation.

Rosie P 🍃💚🍃🌳🚲💧

@RosieP4

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All this is silly. @Keir_Starmer & @Ed_Miliband could have their grid upgrade in East Anglia if they stopped behaving like children and sat down to discuss the perfectly workable, cheap and popular alternatives to pylons, Would help a great deal if @ofgem did its job, too 1.

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Pylons are not paid for by taxes. Seriously @Keir_Starmer . You should know this. And you should know about HVDC undergrounding, offshore grids and upgrading existing grid using grid enhancing tech. And that pylons are NOT cheap. 1/ @nickgutteridge

It’s either more pylons or higher taxes, Starmer warns

The Prime Minister says there are ‘trade-offs’ to be made between increased development and better services

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

A few shots from today:

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PM Keir Starmer criticised over Suffolk pylons scheme @RosieP4 @JamesCartlidgeMP @RichardRout

Prime Minister accused of throwing rural communities 'under bus' over pylons

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of throwing rural communities in Suffolk and the East of England "under the bus" over…

www.eadt.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

11 months

Brilliant interview by one of our supporters: ‘I lived under a pylon and it was hell – now I’m battling to stop it happening again’ (Offshore grid: better, faster, cheaper...)

‘I lived under a pylon and it was hell – now I’m battling to stop it happening again’

Thousands of furious householders across Britain are fighting plans for a huge wave of new electricity pylons

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

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Or. How about insisting on Treasury Green Book (it is MANDATORY) to ensure that decisions are made properly? Some evidence in decision-making wouldn't go amiss @Ed_Miliband @guardian .

Ed Miliband: beating nimbys on green rollout a matter of ‘national security’

Energy secretary vows to take on the ‘blockers’ opposed to wind turbines, solar farms and pylons

www.theguardian.com

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

Radical?! Since when was bribing people radical?! Radical would be the integrated offshore grid which you know is cheaper, better and faster. It would signal to wind farm developers that we're open for business and allow us to compete with our continental counterparts.

Claire Coutinho

@ClaireCoutinho

1 year

These are the most radical plans to update our electricity grid since the 1950s. Households will now get a slice of the benefits of new infrastructure – up to £10,000 off energy bills over 10 years.

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World mental health day. Our supporters have told us how traumatic the pylons proposal is and how it is causing mental health issues and sleepless nights. Let's do things a better way. People should not have to go through this. Some of the stories:

HumanImpact.pdf

drive.google.com

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@PylonsEAnglia

2 years

Amazing news: UK's Bird 'superhighway' may become first World Heritage Site of its kind () So there is no way that 180km of power lines across East Anglia should be allowed when bird deaths are known to occur in strikes with wires 1/

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@PylonsEAnglia

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Oh, Keir, you have no idea. Making enemies, including of farmers. Good plan. National Grid pylon plan may have devastating impact, say farmers @Keir_Starmer @BenGoldsborough @PeterPrinsley @KevinCraigUK @issy4nwessex

National Grid pylon plan may have devastating impact, say farmers

Farmers who own land in the path of the National Grid plans fear their fields will be destroyed.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

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Pylon wars! Locals 'absolutely devastated' at plans for 87-MILE pylon highway stretching from Grimsby to Essex that tower over homes - but will YOU be affected?

Locals 'absolutely devastated' at plans for 87-MILE pylon highway

EXCLUSIVE: Officials want to install a vast new network of lines snaking from Grimsby down to Tilbury in Essex as part of a plan dubbed 'The Great Grid Upgrade'.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

1 year

Pylons are to be plonked in the middle of some of the best farmland of the country, reducing food prodution. Another great reason for an integrated offshore grid: reduce land take by transmission infrastructure. 213hectares fewer would be lost to landing points, too.

Rosie P 🍃💚🍃🌳🚲💧

@RosieP4

1 year

At last! Recognition that food security is important! Solar on rooftops, please

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@PylonsEAnglia

5 months

Exactly. So why on earth wasn't this done in East Anglia?

National Grid

@nationalgrid

5 months

🔵 The question of how to innovate needs to be asked from the very early stages of every project 🔵 Innovation should start by looking at customer needs and working backward Ben Wilson and Kerry Baldwin from @IQ_Capital_Fund on innovative approaches to driving progress towards

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Dear @ofgem We keep writing to your CEO, Jonathan Brearley. We need @ofgem to fully scrutinise the pylon proposals and to look properly at alternatives. The Treasury Green Book must be followed. The best option for everyone must be selected. Don't just take NG's word!

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We keep telling you East Anglia is stunning... Lonely Planet guide puts East Anglia on "must see" list.

Lonely Planet guide puts East Anglia on "must see" list - BBC News

Lonely Planet highlights the region for offering "a true taste of old England".

www.bbc.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

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Here's a solution... build an integrated offshore grid to speed up connections and provide for long term growth Chief executive of Octopus Energy Greg Jackson has called on the UK government to overhaul its electricity grid @g__j

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Brilliant walk today organised by our supporters near Ingatestone Essex pylon protesters say they have 'not had choice' over plans

Essex pylon protesters say they have 'not had choice' over plans

Another protest is held against plans to erect a line of pylons across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

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When will @NationalGrid stop telling journalists ( @EvanHD in this case) that undergrounding is 5-10x more expensive than pylons? Firstly, pylons are NOT cheap. Secondly, HVDC undergrounding is cheaper than pylons. 1/

The Bottom Line - New Tech: How Smart Is the Smart Energy System? - BBC Sounds

The new home tech that could be key to keeping the lights on as we switch to renewables.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@PylonsEAnglia

2 years

We've been told by @nationalgrid since LAST SUMMER that offshore is not possible, too expensive & not permitted by policy. All rubbish. And now we find out that the sister company @NationalGridESO was working on some excellent coordinated offshore options LAST SUMMER. 1/

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The @nationalgrid drop-in events for 'Norwich to Tilbury' pylons have started. Appalling how often we are hearing people saying there's no point engaging because NG has ignored them for the past two consultations. Thanks @alexburghart for attending this one today.

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The petition has been flying up in numbers in recent days and has just passed 30,000! Thank you and keep sharing! It's remarkable how after two years and two National Grid consultations people still aren't aware about the proposal.

SAY NO TO 180km of Essex Suffolk Norfolk pylons - and build a...

The East of England's precious historic landscapes and beautiful countryside are at risk from this proposal to build 180km of 50-metre high pylons between Norwich and Tilbury. This is not the...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Like East Anglia, Lincolnshire is being dumped on to feed the power needs of London. Like East Anglia, Lincolnshire needs a North Sea integrated offshore grid. £2bn saving for consumers, better for the environment.

Government accused of 'dumping' infrastructure in Lincolnshire

Solar farms, pylons, carbon capture and more

thelincolnite.co.uk

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