EGL2 gets provisional regulatory approval
Eastern Green Link 2, an >500 km subsea connection between Scotland and Yorkshire will be the longest ever built in Great Britain.
Eastern Green Link 2, an >500 km subsea connection between Scotland and Yorkshire will be the longest ever built in Great Britain.
The EGL2 is a joint venture between British power transmission network owners SSEN Transmission and the National Grid Electricity Transmission.
Enabling work has started on the proposed Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) converter station that is due to be built on a site south of Peterhead, near Boddam.
Plans for a new 100 km subsea electricity link between Orkney and the Scottish mainland have progressed after a high voltage cables supplier was chosen for the project.
HVDC interconnection will enable power transmission and facilitate new renewable electricity generation, owing to UK’s largest electricity transmission project.