Port Talbot steelworks agrees electricity deal
Owner Tata Steel has signed a connection offer with the Electricity System Operator.
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The agreement will help replace the previous ‘carbon-intensive’ blast furnace with a 3.2Mt electric arc furnace by the end of 2027.
The UK's National Grid will be involved in building the new electrical infrastructure.