Labour to press on with pylons as study shows underground cables more costly
IET report says running cables below ground about four and a half times more expensive than overhead linesLabour has vowed to press ahead with its plans to build more pylons across England and Wales, a subject of local political division, as a new report says underground electricity cables are more than four times more expensive than overhead lines.Pylons have become one of the key electoral issues in a number of counties including Lincolnshire, which is a local election battleground this week. Reform and the Conservatives have called for electricity cables to be buried underground rather than carried overhead by pylons. Continue reading...
IET report says running cables below ground about four and a half times more expensive than overhead lines
Labour has vowed to press ahead with its plans to build more pylons across England and Wales, a subject of local political division, as a new report says underground electricity cables are more than four times more expensive than overhead lines.
Pylons have become one of the key electoral issues in a number of counties including Lincolnshire, which is a local election battleground this week. Reform and the Conservatives have called for electricity cables to be buried underground rather than carried overhead by pylons. Continue reading...
