en.Wedoany.com Reported - National Grid is investing £3 billion to advance the Eastern Green Link 5 (EGL5) transmission project, a 550-kilometer high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable primarily located offshore, running from Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to Anderby Creek on the coast of Lincolnshire, England.

The project employs 525 kV HVDC transmission technology with a capacity of 2 gigawatts, capable of supplying clean electricity to approximately 2 million homes. As part of the Great Grid Upgrade, EGL5 aims to strengthen the transmission network, enabling more renewable energy to be transported from Scotland to demand centers in England.

After the cable makes landfall at Anderby Creek, it will extend approximately 8 to 9 kilometers inland via underground installation to a new converter station in East Lindsey. National Grid is currently evaluating two potential sites for the converter station: northeast of Bilsby and northwest of Huttoft. Another underground high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) cable will connect this converter station to the planned Lincolnshire Connection Substation-B, which is being developed separately as part of National Grid's Grimsby to Walpole project.

National Grid plans to seek consent for the offshore and onshore sections of EGL5 in England next year through a single Development Consent Order application. SSEN Transmission is responsible for the relevant consents for the Scottish section and Scottish waters. The scale of EGL5 is similar to that of Eastern Green Link 3, currently under construction, which spans over 500 kilometers. This connection is part of a broader wave of grid investment aimed at alleviating north-south transmission bottlenecks and supporting the integration of large-scale offshore wind projects.

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