Balfour Beatty has been appointed by National Grid as the regional delivery partner for the North East of England as part of the £8 billion Electricity Transmission Partnership (ETP) – designed to accelerate the delivery of vital substation infrastructure across England and Wales and support the UK’s clean energy transition.
The Electricity Transmission Partnership (ETP) remodels how National Grid engages with suppliers, moving to a longer-term collaborative approach that builds strong regional partnerships and rewards partners for high quality performance over time.
The initiative awards regional exclusivity of substation work to ETP partners based on how well they perform and their commitment to expanding their capacity, an approach that aims to strengthen the UK supply chain, encourage long term investment, and support the development of local skills and capability.
It also marks a major boost to National Grid’s ambitious RIIO-T3 investment plan, which proposes up to £35 billion investment in the transmission network in England and Wales over the five years to March 2031, including to build new substations or upgrade existing ones.
As part of the ETP, National Grid expects to award around £8 billion worth of substation construction work over the RIIO-T3 period, covering multiple regions and around 130 projects.
This latest appointment builds on Balfour Beatty’s long standing, successful relationship with National Grid. Most recently, the company was appointed to the £363 million Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement project, to replace 18km of overhead lines and install 11km of underground cable through the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Tony Wilson, Managing Director of Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution business, said: “We’re proud to be entrusted with the North East region under the Electricity Transmission Partnership. With our strong local presence and track record of delivering complex, large-scale energy projects, we are ideally positioned to support National Grid in building the resilient infrastructure Britain needs for its clean energy future.”
Alice Delahunty, president of National Grid Electricity Transmission, said:
“Our Electricity Transmission Partnership marks a bold shift in how we deliver vital electricity infrastructure. By adopting a regional, long term approach, we’re giving our supply chain the certainty to invest in people, skills and innovation. It’s a key step in turning our RIIO-T3 investment ambitions into action and building a resilient grid to support Britain’s clean energy future.”
Energy Minister Michael Shanks said:
“The clean energy transition is the economic opportunity of the 21st century, with the potential to revitalise our industrial heartlands with skilled jobs and economic growth.
“This £8 billion partnership from National Grid is proof of that – providing a boost for Britain’s supply chains, investing in the future of our highly skilled workforce and helping to deliver clean, homegrown power that we control.”
Work under the ETP framework will commence later this year, with projects phased over the next five years.
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Notes to editors:
· Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with over 27,000 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow.
· We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities.
· Over the last 116 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world. Currently, we are working to deliver Hinkley Point C, the first UK nuclear power station in a generation; constructing the world-class arts and cultural facility, the Lyric Theatre, in Hong Kong; and designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining the Automated People Mover superstructure at the fifth busiest airport in the world, Los Angeles International Airport.
· Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
