Delivery of Alstom National Grid Transformer, Cooperation between Alstom and National Grid includes main equipment such as HV switchgear, power transformers, substation automation solutions including protection and measurement IEDs, digital substation, smart grid and supergrid applications, network management as well as maintenance. This unit delivered to Preston from the barge Terra Marique on the River Ribble, Lancs, UK


An enormous electrical transformer being delivered in two sections weighing 271 tonnes. The load was brought from Ellesmere Port on a sea-going barge and along the River Ribble. It is for the National Grid substation at Howick Cross Lane in Penwortham.


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