LionLink, a subsea interconnector project between the UK and the Netherlands, has selected Walberswick, Suffolk, as its preferred landfall location.
In November 2024, energy regulator Ofgem approved five major new undersea energy links, one of which is LionLink.
The LionLink interconnector will deliver a new 1.8GW electricity link between the UK and the Netherlands.
It is being developed by Dutch transmission system operator TenneT and its UK project partner National Grid Ventures, the investment arm of the National Grid.
The project is referred to as a multi-purpose or hybrid interconnector because for the first time it will connect the Dutch and UK energy grids via a 2GW offshore wind farm in Dutch waters. An offshore converter platform at the wind farm will feed energy into the electricity grids of the two countries.
Most (84%) of LionLink’s cable will be offshore, with the onshore cable being buried underground.
Project partners are aiming for the LionLink interconnector to be operational...