Major £3bn contracts have been signed for Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3), the UK’s largest electricity transmission project between Scotland and England.
The contracts cover the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations and the subsea and underground power cable system. Hitachi Energy will deliver the converter stations in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and West Norfolk, England, while Danish cable manufacturer NKT will design, build and install the 525kV subsea and underground link connecting the two stations.
Eastern Green Links is a electricity ‘superhighway’ project consisting of four high-voltage subsea and underground electricity transmission links between Scotland and England. These links will transport the vast amount of renewable energy generated in Scotland to other areas of the UK.
EGL3, which will connect Peterhead in Scotland with Norfolk in England, is being developed and managed by a joint venture between National Grid Electricity Transmission and SSEN Transmission.
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