Subsea project to bring renewable power from Scotland to England awarded ?1.8bn

Eastern Green Link 1 has been designed to carry enough clean electricity to power 2m UK householdsOne of Britain's biggest power grid projects has awarded contracts worth ?1.8bn for a 190km subsea electricity superhighway to bring renewable power from Scotland to the north of England.National Grid and Scottish Power plan to begin building the "transformative" ?2.5bn high-voltage power line along the east coast of the country from East Lothian to County Durham from 2025. Continue reading...