A proposed £2.1bn subsea electricity “superhighway” between England and Scotland has now had planning consent by all necessary authorities approved.
Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) is a proposal to connect Peterhead in Scotland with Drax’s power station in North Yorkshire with 463km of subsea cables. Planning consent for all onshore and…
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Ofgem funds scheme to bury power lines beneath Scots national park
Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is to remove two long stretches of electricity pylons and bury power cables across the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.
Two sections of overhead cabling totalling 12km will be removed, along with 46 steel lattice pylon towers. The power line will then be buried beneath the park. Energy regulator Ofgem is providing £31M…
Energy regulator branded ‘short sighted’ on Scots interconnector plan
Energy regulator Ofgem has been accused of being “short sighted” following its ruling on plans for new interconnectors in the Shetland and Western Isles in Scotland.
Ofgem ruled in favour of the Shetland transmission link, a 600MW connection between the Shetland Islands and the mainland – connecting the islands to the UK national grid for…
Ofgem knocks back Orkney power plans
Energy regulator Ofgem has told Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks’ (SSEN) that it must make changes to its plans for a new interconnector for Scotland’s Orkney Islands.
Ofgem has told SSEN to secure more generational capacity before it will approve the proposed 220MW high voltage link to connect the Orkney islands to mainland Scotland. The link is…