England-Scotland electricity ‘superhighway’ gets go-ahead

The proposed Eastern Green Link 2 project has now secured all the planning consents required for all onshore and offshore elements of the project, including new converter stations and onshore and offshore cables. The link, which will be delivered in partnership by SSEN Transmission with National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), will see the creation of a 2GW subsea transmission cable from Peterhead in Scotland to Drax in Yorkshire, England.

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