Tendering opens for £3.7bn Eastern Green Link 3 work packages

Tendering is now underway to secure cable and converter station work packages for the proposed £3.7bn Eastern Green Link 3 powerline connection between Peterhead in Scotland and Norfolk in England.
A joint venture between SSEN Transmission and National Grid Electricity Transmission intends to transfer renewable power generated in the north of Scotland to Eastern England through 680km of buried onshore and subsea cables.
EGL3 is the UK’s largest proposed HVDC transmission project and