News View the latest news on the Eastern Green Link 2 project. Newsletters Download April 2025 Newsletter Download October 2024 Newsletter Download April 2024 Newsletter EGL2 moves to 7-day-a-week working July 10, 2025 Summer marine surveys commence near East Riding of Yorkshire shoreline for Eastern Green Link 2 subsea cable link July 8, 2025 EGL2 team attend successful ‘Engage with Engineers’ event in Peterhead June 10, 2025 Marine surveys continue for the UK’s biggest ever electricity transmission project June 10, 2025 Peterhead communities urged to apply to £2m EGL2 Local Fund ahead of 12 June deadline June 4, 2025 Eastern Green Link 2 moves up a gear using low carbon fuel for material handling trucks April 9, 2025 Eastern Green Link 2 helps tidy up the ‘Green Lung of Goole’ March 28, 2025 Eastern Green Link 2 Peterhead Local Fund to deliver over £2 million for local communities March 26, 2025 Wren Hall Converter Station early works construction update March 26, 2025 EGL2 in 2024: Turning purpose into process December 20, 2024 North-east Scotland firm awarded multi-million-pound contract for Eastern Green Link 2 HVDC converter station December 12, 2024 New Eastern Green Link Collaboration Centre opened in Glasgow November 8, 2024 Green-fingered volunteers and school pupils in Peterhead are helping keep the ‘Blue Toon’ beautiful November 8, 2024 Groundbreaking ceremony marks start of construction on £4.3 billion electricity superhighway between Scotland and England September 26, 2024 Record-breaking clean-up effort at popular Peterhead Beach August 20, 2024 Go-ahead for UK’s biggest subsea connection project August 13, 2024 Meet the buyer events hailed a success April 29, 2024 Drax ground investigation works April 29, 2024 Early works underway on Peterhead subsea electricity project April 29, 2024 Update on our marine works April 29, 2024 Tree planting kick starts EGL2’s environmental legacy April 29, 2024 Eastern Green Link 2 receives provisional regulatory approval March 26, 2024 Contracts signed for Eastern Green Link 2 cable and converter stations February 29, 2024 Early works underway on Peterhead subsea electricity project December 19, 2023