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Thousands more electricity pylons will be built across Britain as the National Grid ‘rewires the nation’ for net zero.
The company will spend more than £30billion to overhaul the network to prepare for the switch to green energy.
Thousands of miles of new cables will be constructed by 2030 to connect wind farms and power stations to towns and cities to meet soaring demand for electricity.
Net zero is set to be a key battleground ahead of this summer’s General Election.
Labour wants to decarbonise by 2030, while Rishi Sunak has argued that too fast a shift risks driving up energy bills.
Demand is expected to rise by 50 per cent by 2035 as households switch to electric cars
