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Keeping the Power Dry - National Grid has introduced flood defence improvements at its Walham substation as part of a wide scheme to protect its core infrastructure

Global climate change has resulted in extreme weather conditions, and nowhere has this had more impact than in the field of flood prevention. National Grid’s 400kV substation at Walham, near Gloucester, links the power stations in South Wales with the demand of central and south west England. It supplies electricity to 500,000 homes and industries plus the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham…

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