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NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management

Key Activities

This project seeks to investigate potential improvements of efficiency, safety and environmental impact through the use of Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM). IVM is the practice of promoting desirable, low-growing plant species beneath overhead lines. Combined with occasional herbicide use, they are expected to suppress taller, woody species and so reduce the need for clearance work, reduce the frequency of re-visits; and replace chainsaw and mulcher techniques. IVM offers a safe, environmentally sound, and low-cost approach to maintaining the necessary clearance distances.

Expected Outcomes

The success of the project will be defined by the following outcomes: Identification of the extent to which IVM can control trees returning and how effective it is as a tool to maintain regulatory standards around power lines. The project will determine if IVM is a cost-effective method in the UK.

Funding

£187,759

Start/End Date

January 2016 – July 2019

Project Manager

Matthew Hamilton

Additional Resource

NIA SSEPD 0025 : Applied Integrated Vegetation Management : ENA Smarter Networks Portal

NIA Project Registration and PEA Document – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
NIA Project Registration and PEA Document – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
AuthorMatthew Hamilton
Publication dateJanuary 2016
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NIA Project Progress Report 2016 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
NIA Project Progress Report 2016 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
AuthorMatthew Hamilton
Publication dateJuly 2016
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Change Request 1 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
Change Request 1 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
AuthorMatthew Hamilton
Publication dateMay 2017
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NIA Project Progress Report 2017 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
NIA Project Progress Report 2017 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
AuthorMatthew Hamilton
Publication dateJuly 2017
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Change Request 2 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
Change Request 2 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
AuthorMatthew Hamilton
Publication dateFebruary 2018
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NIA Project Progress Report 2018 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
NIA Project Progress Report 2018 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
AuthorMatthew Hamilton
Publication dateJuly 2018
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Change Request 3 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
Change Request 3 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
AuthorMatthew Hamilton
Publication dateAugust 2018
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NIA Project Progress Report 2019 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
NIA Project Progress Report 2019 – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
AuthorMatthew Hamilton
Publication dateJuly 2019
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NIA Project Closedown Report – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
NIA Project Closedown Report – NIA SSEPD 0025 Applied Integrated Vegetation Management
AuthorMatthew Hamilton
Publication dateNovember 2019
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NIA SSEPD 0025 Project Difference
NIA SSEPD 0025 Project Difference
Publication dateMay 2021
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