Managing Environmental Noise on the High Voltage Electricity Transmission System
Richard S Morris, Lead Environmental Engineer at National Grid
Online via Zoom
Wednesday 20 September 2023 at 13:00
Managing Environmental Noise on the High Voltage Electricity Transmission System
Richard S Morris, Lead Environmental Engineer at National Grid
Online via Zoom
Wednesday 20 September 2023 at 13:00
About the Talk:
National Grid is the largest electricity transmission and distribution business in the UK. Richard will talk through the key issues that his team faces in managing noise from the high voltage electricity transmission system which comprises around 330 substations and over 7,200 kilometres of high voltage overhead lines across England & Wales. Richard will describe the principal noise sources which include transformers and shunt reactors and also cover issues specific to overhead lines in the context of the ‘The Great Grid Upgrade’ which is the is the largest overhaul of the electricity grid in generations.
About the Speaker:
Richard is a Lead Environmental Engineer in a specialist team, focusing on the environmental noise impacts of high voltage electricity transmission infrastructure. Richard has over 35 years’ experience working across the UK utility sector, with the last 15 years as a noise specialist in National Grid Electricity Transmission. A key part of Richard’s role is to liaise with members of the public and regulators who may express concerns about audible noise from existing and new electricity transmission infrastructure. Richard has supported several DCO projects, as a technical specialist and an expert witness, on behalf of National Grid and Third Party organisations whose projects require electricity transmission infrastructure works. The noise team in National Grid also carry out noise surveys and noise impact assessment for electricity infrastructure schemes under permitted development or requiring local planning.
Richard has the IOA Diploma in Acoustics and Noise Control, is a member of the Institute of Acoustics (MIOA), a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET) and is a Practitioner member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (PIEMA).
How to Sign Up:
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When
20 September 2023