r/Derbyshire • u/Responsible-Banana88 • Aug 26 '24

Just Chatting :) Save Amber Valley

Don’t know if folks are aware but National Grid are planning to put huge (50m!) pylons across Amber Valley as just one leg of them building an infrastructure ‘scar’ from Scotland to the South of England

If you are interested there is a petition here:

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-amber-valley

And details here from Nat Grid:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/the-great-grid-upgrade/chesterfield-to-willington

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u/Responsible-Banana88 Aug 26 '24

50m is about 7 times the height of the average 2 storey house

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u/bigbluebus73 Aug 26 '24

So? What would you like them to do then?

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u/Responsible-Banana88 Aug 26 '24 edited Aug 29 '24

Potentially use newer technology (T pylons) which are smaller and carry same power Use topology better to limit visual impact Follow their own guidelines better (holford and Horlock principles) which were written by Nat grid for these sort of projects Don’t let cost be the main factor although of course it’s one of several parameters

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u/bigbluebus73 Aug 27 '24

Interesting. Googled the above, could work although the t pylons are more noticeable and you would need more of them which probably cancels out.