With the national focus on cutting carbon emissions, a new and more efficient substation was commissioned at Littlebrook Power Station, with Balfour Beatty utilising a digital and constructible workflow to deliver the works.
Littlebrook Power Station in Kent forms a critical part of National Grid’s transformation of the National Transmission Network. The original substation (responsible for reducing electricity voltage so that it’s easier and safer to deliver to homes and businesses) built in the late 1970s was heavily reliant on the harmful greenhouse gas, Sulphur Hexaflouride. As a result, it was no longer compliant with National Grid’s new low emissions targets and so a new modern substation was commissioned, one that uses the next generation of ‘gas insulating’ technology.
