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HUMBER BAY, ONTARIO - The electrical current coursing through the water almost completely immobilized the little silver fish. Now, scooped up out of the water, it lolls on its side in the white plastic tub.

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Trials are due to begin on how to capture the heat generated by transmission network transformers, owned by National Grid, to provide home heating for households connected to district heating networks operated by SSE.

Currently, hot air is vented from the giant substations to help cool the transformers that help to control the electricity running through National Grid’s high-voltage transmission lines.

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