In recent news, we learned that planning consent has been granted on all onshore and offshore aspects of the Eastern Green Link 2 project (EGL2), a joint venture between National Grid and SSEN Transmission.
Construction of the 525kV, 2GW high voltage sub-sea cable will take five years, with 291 miles of high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable being installed below the North Sea from Petershead in Aberdeenshire to Drax in North Yorkshire
The project, which also received approval from England’s Marine Management Organisation and Marine Scotland, now only requires the approval of Ofgem. Otherwise, with all the key components beginning to slot into place, the arrival of EGL2 should make a major contribution towards the UK’s Net Zero aspirations and achieving a cleaner, greener future.
Alban Thurston, ‘EGL2 mega-connector wins Anglo-Scots planners’ green light’, The energyst, 24 August 2023.
