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20 December 2024
2024 has been a colossal year for the UK’s biggest ever electricity transmission project – the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2).
12 December 2024
A local firm in the north-east of Scotland has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to help deliver a new HVDC converter station required as part of Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), the UK’s largest ever electricity transmission project.
8 November 2024
A new facility in Glasgow, with the capacity for around 80 green energy workers who will be contributing to the delivery of a series of subsea electricity transmission links between Scotland and England, was officially opened by Glasgow North MP, Martin Rhodes, today [8 November].
Green-fingered volunteers and school pupils in Peterhead are helping keep the ‘Blue Toon’ beautiful thanks to the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) project, which donated equipment to help them spruce up their local environment.
26 September 2024
National Grid Electricity Transmission and SSEN Transmission have commenced construction on the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2). EGL2 is a £4.3 billion* project that will see the installation of a 525kV, 2GW high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea transmission cable from Peterhead in Scotland to Drax in England.
20 August 2024
Over 25 tonnes of rubbish has been removed from a popular beach near Peterhead in a record-breaking effort to clean up the area by volunteers working on the development of the Eastern Green Link 2 subsea electricity cable project.
