SGN road worker suffers potentially life-changing injuries after he was electrocuted in Guildford
More than 200 UK Power Networks customers lost electricity due to third party damage to an underground electricity cable
Works continued at Stoke Road, Guildford, on Thursday (June 3) (Image: Surrey Live / Darren Pepe)
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Overhead power line warning as harvest approaches
6 May 2021 |
Figures for 2020 show that 18% of overhead line incidents were through farming
The UK s biggest electricity distributor has launched a new initiative designed to save farmers lives by urging them to be aware of overhead power lines.
Farmers, along with road hauliers, tree surgeons and builders, belong to the most at-risk groups when it comes to overhead power lines.
Figures for 2020 show that 44% of overhead line incidents were through road hauliers, 18% farmers, 16% tree surgeons and self-employed builders 12%.
UK Power Networks new Think, Plan, Locate initiative will see them join with the NFU to educate farmers on safe working procedures.
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Electric vehicles and heat pumps set for exponential growth on road to net-zero
More than 4.5 million electric vehicles (EVs) could be on UK roads, almost 250,000 households could feature solar technology and between 450,000 to more than one million domestic electric heat pumps could be installed by 2030 in order to reach net-zero, new research has found.
One scenario suggests more than 3,000% growth in electric vehicles and a 2,500% rise in domestic heat pumps by 2030
UK Power Networks had published its 2021 Distribution Future Energy Scenarios, mapping four possible low-carbon transitions through to 2030. Of the four, only the “steady progression” scenario wouldn’t put the UK on course for net-zero emissions by 2050.