Highest pylon built in the Brabo III project
Last week, a new 132-metre pylon was built at the Kallosluis in Beveren. The second pylon here will follow in the next few months.
These pylons are the highest in the entire Brabo III route, which involves the construction of 58 new high-voltage pylons.
Visual spectacle
We started demolishing the existing high-voltage line (150 kV) between Liefkenshoek and Mercator in August 2023, ready for replacement with a new high-voltage line (380 kV). A total of 58 new high-voltage pylons will be built and 18 kilometres of new electricity cables will be connected. The two highest pylons - 132-metre mastodons - will be built near the Kallosluis. The height of these pylons will be crucial to the safety of shipping traffic. The second pylon will be constructed at the Kallosluis in the months ahead. Work will continue in phases in the meantime. We expect to have everything up and running by the summer of 2026.The Brabo programme
Brabo III is the final phase of the Brabo programme (Brabo I, II and III), which was launched back in 2015 with the aim of strengthening the Belgian electricity grid, facilitate electricity exchange with neighbouring countries and distribute electricity flows better. To achieve this, a high-voltage loop is being built around the port area of Antwerp. The electricity infrastructure in the north will then be able to strengthen electricity exchange with the Netherlands and the electricity infrastructure in the south will reach the rest of the Belgian high-voltage grid. This will be achieved via 380-kV lines, which will be able to transmit up to 20% more electricity, which in turn will guarantee security of supply. The above is also crucial for the port of Antwerp, the most important industrial cluster in our country, where demand for electrification has increased hugely.
