Ofgem Approves Britain's Largest Electricity Transmission Project

Britain’s largest electricity transmission project, which could have the capacity to provide power for around 2m households and businesses, has been given the go-ahead by Ofgem. The £3.4bn Eastern Green Link Two (EGL2), described as a subsea “superhighway,” would be designed to run for 436km under the North Sea between Yorkshire and North-East Scotland and carry 2GW of power. A joint venture between National Grid and SSEN it would be the biggest single investment in electricity transmission infrastructure in Britain to date.…