{"id":3493,"date":"2025-07-09T14:43:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T13:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/?p=3493"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:16:44","slug":"supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Supergrid transformer delivered to Overton Great Grid Upgrade site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The first of eight supergrid transformers has been delivered to our Yorkshire Green project.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Murphy is currently working for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgrid.com\/\"><strong>National Grid<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/project\/yorkshire-green\/\">Yorkshire Green<\/a> project to upgrade and reinforce the high-voltage power network and reduce the national reliance on fossil fuels. This project, part of the wider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/project\/great-grid-partnership\/\">Great Grid Upgrade<\/a>, includes implementing substantial protection and control changes at six different substations in the area including new changes to electronic equipment and the associated wiring.\u00a0The delivery, the first of eight, is the latest milestone in project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transformers play a vital role in helping to ensure the UK continues to enjoy safe and reliable energy supplies, stepping voltage up or down so electricity can be efficiently transmitted from power generators or safely distributed to homes and businesses via regional networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weighing at 200-tonnes \u2013 the equivalent of 33 African elephants, the transformer was delivered from Teesport Docks, Middlesbrough, on a specialist vehicle over 80 metres long under police escort and at low speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now on site, the transformer will be pushed into its final position over course of a couple of days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remaining seven deliveries will take place between July and October to the Overton and Monk Fryston sites, with four supergrid transformers being delivered to each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first of eight supergrid transformers has been delivered to our Yorkshire Green project. Murphy is currently working for\u00a0National Grid\u00a0on the Yorkshire Green project to upgrade and reinforce the high-voltage power network and reduce the national reliance on fossil fuels. This project, part of the wider Great Grid Upgrade, includes implementing substantial protection and control [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[69,106,68,71,107],"class_list":["post-3493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-energy","tag-great-grid-upgrade","tag-national-grid","tag-substation","tag-yorkshire-green"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Supergrid transformer delivered to Overton Great Grid Upgrade site - Murphy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The first of eight supergrid transformers has been delivered to our Yorkshire Green project, part of National Grid&#039;s Great Grid Upgrade.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jonny Richardson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eaf463e7b0027d264fe180a81b51592b\"},\"headline\":\"Supergrid transformer delivered to Overton Great Grid Upgrade site\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-09T13:43:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-05T16:16:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":214,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/YorkhireGreenTransJul25-4.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Energy\",\"Great Grid Upgrade\",\"National Grid\",\"substation\",\"Yorkshire Green\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supergrid transformer delivered to Overton Great Grid Upgrade site - Murphy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/YorkhireGreenTransJul25-4.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-09T13:43:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-05T16:16:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"The first of eight supergrid transformers has been delivered to our Yorkshire Green project, part of National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/YorkhireGreenTransJul25-4.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/YorkhireGreenTransJul25-4.jpeg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"An aerial view of a construction vehicle moving heavy machinery on a road surrounded by fields.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Supergrid transformer delivered to Overton Great Grid Upgrade site\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Murphy\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Murphy\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/j-murphy-and-sons-limited-vector-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/j-murphy-and-sons-limited-vector-logo.png\",\"width\":323,\"height\":112,\"caption\":\"Murphy\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eaf463e7b0027d264fe180a81b51592b\",\"name\":\"Jonny Richardson\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.murphygroup.com\\\/staging\\\/author\\\/jonnymurphy\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Supergrid transformer delivered to Overton Great Grid Upgrade site - Murphy","description":"The first of eight supergrid transformers has been delivered to our Yorkshire Green project, part of National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/"},"author":{"name":"Jonny Richardson","@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eaf463e7b0027d264fe180a81b51592b"},"headline":"Supergrid transformer delivered to Overton Great Grid Upgrade site","datePublished":"2025-07-09T13:43:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-05T16:16:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/"},"wordCount":214,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YorkhireGreenTransJul25-4.jpeg","keywords":["Energy","Great Grid Upgrade","National Grid","substation","Yorkshire Green"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/","url":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/","name":"Supergrid transformer delivered to Overton Great Grid Upgrade site - Murphy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YorkhireGreenTransJul25-4.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-07-09T13:43:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-05T16:16:44+00:00","description":"The first of eight supergrid transformers has been delivered to our Yorkshire Green project, part of National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YorkhireGreenTransJul25-4.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YorkhireGreenTransJul25-4.jpeg","width":1600,"height":900,"caption":"An aerial view of a construction vehicle moving heavy machinery on a road surrounded by fields."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/supergrid-transformer-delivered-to-overton-great-grid-upgrade-site\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Supergrid transformer delivered to Overton Great Grid Upgrade site"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/","name":"Murphy","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/#organization","name":"Murphy","url":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/j-murphy-and-sons-limited-vector-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/j-murphy-and-sons-limited-vector-logo.png","width":323,"height":112,"caption":"Murphy"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eaf463e7b0027d264fe180a81b51592b","name":"Jonny Richardson","url":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/author\/jonnymurphy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3493"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3498,"href":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3493\/revisions\/3498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}