National Grid £12.8bn HV civils framework hits market

National Grid is starting the hunt for civils and major project contractors to deliver the onshore infrastructure to connect 50GW of offshore wind by 2030.
The energy distributor has released three frameworks to the market to deliver plans for major power line links and high voltage direct current converter stations to hook up the offshore wind farms.
The core construction framework will be worth £12.8bn over 8 years and covers major works and civils for construction of converter stations