{"id":21217,"date":"2023-08-26T15:48:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T22:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/scotland-to-england-power-cable-link-wins-full-consent\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T15:48:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T22:48:58","slug":"scotland-to-england-power-cable-link-wins-full-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/scotland-to-england-power-cable-link-wins-full-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland to England power cable link wins full consent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-478200\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Eastern Green Link 2 project will see the longest high-voltage direct current cable in the UK and is the country\u2019s single largest electricity transmission project ever.<\/p>\n<p>Work can now start on the five-year-long mega project next year. When complete in 2029 it will provide enough electricity to power 2m homes.<\/p>\n<p>Substation and converter station construction will begin first, followed by the underground cables. Marine cable installation will start in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Contractor BAM will work in collaboration with Hitachi Energy to provide the engineering works and technology for two large HVDC converter stations, one at Peterhead and the other near Drax.<\/p>\n<p>These form the terminals for the HVDC cable and convert direct current to the alternating current used in the onshore transmission network.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood the project could be worth up to \u00a3700m for BAM alone.<\/p>\n<p>The power link itself consists of 436km of submarine cable and 69km of onshore cable. Prysmian Group is preferred bidder for the specialist HVDC cable element of the scheme.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-08.20.52-1.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-08.23.44-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-478203\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-08.23.44-1.png\" alt=\"-\" width=\"3310\" height=\"1384\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Sale, EGL2 deputy project director, said: \u201cWe are delighted that our plans for the onshore and offshore elements of our project have been approved by all local planning authorities and marine licencing organisations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis renewable electricity superhighway is vital in supporting the UK\u2019s transition to net zero and decarbonisation and we\u2019re thrilled to be making such a significant contribution with the largest electricity transmission reinforcement project in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Morby\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2023\/08\/25\/scotland-to-england-power-cable-link-wins-full-consent\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastern Green Link 2 project will see the longest high-voltage direct current cable in the UK and is the &#8230; <a title=\"Scotland to England power cable link wins full consent\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/scotland-to-england-power-cable-link-wins-full-consent\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Scotland to England power cable link wins full consent\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}