Britain is embarking on one of the largest overhauls of its electricity grid in generations – a megaproject in which five times more infrastructure will be built by 2030 than was constructed during the previous three decades.
Tens of billions of pounds are being spent on new pylons, subsea cables and converter stations to connect a growing fleet of wind and solar farms and carry clean power to where it is needed.
It comes after successive global shocks – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, then the Iran war – have exposed the vulnerability of the UK’s energy system to international market volatility and galvanised plans to bolster domestic low-carbon generation.
