Post from SSEN Transmission on the phase out of SF6.
👏 We're proud to collaborate with Hitachi Energy in becoming one of the first companies in the world to install switchgear technology that is free of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) - the world’s most polluting #greenhouse gas ✅ The EconiQ 420 kV Live Tank Breaker LTA will be deployed at our Connagill Super Grid Transformer substation upgrade project in Sutherland, with installation scheduled for summer 2026. ⚡️ SF6 has been used in electrical switchgear for decades, preventing faults in medium and high-voltage electrical installations. But it is also a greenhouse gas many times more powerful than CO2 and there are global efforts to phase out its use. 🌍 The deployment of the technology is part of our wider #decarbonisation ambitions, having been the world’s first #transmission network to be accredited by the Science Based Target initiative for our carbon reduction targets which are consistent with #netzero. ➡️ Read more: https://lnkd.in/e_EcJanW