Overview

• The transformer is part of Yorkshire GREEN, a strategic upgrade of the region’s high-voltage network to boost clean-energy transfer
• On July 6 at 6 am the 80-metre specialist vehicle will depart Teesport Docks and head southbound on the A19 via Thirsk, Thormanby and Shipton
• Police escorts will manage rolling road closures, temporary parking bans and sign relocations along the route to accommodate the slow-moving 200-tonne load
• Weighing 200 tonnes—equivalent to 33 African elephants—the unit will regulate transmission voltage once operational to safely supply homes and businesses
• Four additional transformers are scheduled for delivery to Overton and four to Monk Fryston substations between August and October, with logistical planning already under way