UK Power Networks has completed a £483,000 refurbishment of the Finsbury Market substation in central London, near Liverpool Street, upgrading two transformers and repainting them as part of the work.
The electricity company says the investment is intended to extend the life of existing equipment and strengthen supplies in a busy area. According to UK Power Networks, refurbishing and maintaining the two transformers will help improve reliability for local businesses and residents now and in the future.
The project also changed the substation’s exterior. The perimeter of the compound became a canvas for Global Street Art, described as Europe’s leading producer of hand-painted advertising and public-art murals. Street artist Nelio Riga used the red-brick wall for a new artwork, bringing the outside of the site into the project.
Chanelle Mistry, project manager at UK Power Networks, said the investment was giving vital infrastructure a new lease of life. She said the transformer work would help strengthen the local electricity network and improve reliability for the many businesses and residents who depend on it, while the artwork would help brighten the local area.
Dr Lee Bofkin, co-founder of Global Street Art, said working with UK Power Networks and Broadgate Quarter on the prominent site supported the organisation’s mission to ‘live in painted cities’. He thanked UK Power Networks and others involved for their dedication to the project and said it was good to see it so well received.