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Reference Number	NIA_NGET0090
Title	Cable Extraction
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 100%;
Research Types	Applied Research and Development 100%
Science and Technology Fields	ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering) 50%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Project Contact No email address given National Grid Electricity Transmission
Award Type	Network Innovation Allowance
Funding Source	Ofgem
Start Date	01 April 2013
End Date	01 February 2016
Duration	34 months
Total Grant Value	£480,000
Industrial Sectors	Power
Region	London
Programme	Network Innovation Allowance
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Project Contact , National Grid Electricity Transmission (100.000%)
Web Site	http://www.smarternetworks.org/project/NIA_NGET0090
Objectives	The project objective is to produce a solution that can extract HV cables without trench digging. Successful removal of cable at one or more of the sites at which the trials are being carried out.
Abstract	National Grid Electricity Transmission recognises that the current approach to removing decommissioned underground cables by excavating trenches along their length is both disruptive and costly. National Grid is seeking to develop and demonstrate alternative methods for the removal of decommissioned underground assets (specifically HV Cable). Development National Grid and JSM are developing a methodology for extracting HV cables based on a variant of directional drilling, which uses a novel drilling head that sits around the cable and agitates the surrounding material, allowing the cable to be pulled out from one end. the technique will be trialled at three different sites with different types of backfill around the cable: S1: Kingsnorth-BeddingtonS2: Ross-on-WyeS3: High MarnhamNote : Project Documents may be available via the ENA Smarter Networks Portal using the Website link above
Publications	(none)
Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	26/04/18