CHEAP TOWER FOR BRITAIN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 September 1928, Page 7

CHEAP TOWER FOR BRITAIN.

LONDON INCLUDED IN LATEST SCHEME COST li PENCE PEE UNIT. British Official Wireless, Received Tuesday 11.5 p.m. RUGBY, Sept. 24. In connection with an, electricity scheme for South-east England, the Central Electricity Board has placed contracts ' amounting in all to about £1,000,000 for the construction of transmission lines in that area. The Board was , established under last year’s Electricity Supply Act. The Commissioners assumed that the output in Britain will double every eight-years and that at the end of 1941 about 450 units per head of population will bo consumed. The standard voltage for the grid transmission, which it is proposed to establish, has been fixed at 132.000 volts and the secondary transmission lines will operate at 32,000 volts. The first scheme , adopted by the Board covered an area of 5000 square miles in Scotland and"includes, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Dumbarton, South-east England, for which contracts for transmission lines have now been placed, includes London and has a total area of 8828 square miles, with a population of 11,500,000. It is proposed fo reduce the number of generating stations from 135 to 18, and by a system of overhead lines, to convey current -at the pressure stated. It is estimated that when the scheme is in full working order, the average cost in different localities, will be reduced' to 1.25 ponce per unit.