UK Approves $2.5 Billion Funding for Power Link to North Sea Wind Farms

The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem on Friday awarded a $2.5 billion (£2 billion) funding package for a subsea and underground cable between Scotland and northern England that would give North Sea wind farms additional access to the grid. Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) will be a high voltage electricity superhighway able to transport 2 gigawatts (GW) of UK wind-generated electricity between Torness, East Lothian and Hawthorn Pit, County Durham. Most of the 196 km (122 miles) cable will be under the North Sea, with the remaining cables underground…