HVDC

NGET and SSEN Transmission have selected Hitachi Energy and BAM as preferred suppliers for Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) converter stations.

Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission has confirmed that a Marine Licence has been provided for a 2GW “East Coast Subsea Electricity Superhighway”.

SSE is set to install the "world’s first" High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) at the Dogger Bank wind farm, the energy supplier said.

Xlink’s project connecting the UK and Morocco with a power line has reportedly received backing from Abu Dhabi-based energy company Taqa.

Ofgem has unveiled 26 strategic electricity transmission reinforcements in a bid to unlock wind deployments by 2030.

​Xlinks’ Morocco-UK Power Project has received a multi-million pound investment from Germany-based energy industry partner and investor, con|energy.

​SSEN Transmission has submitted a Final Needs Case (FNC) to Ofgem for the first of its “subsea superhighways”, which connect the north of Scotland and England.

New solar and wind under development in Morocco is to be linked with Britain, with developer Xlinks also seeking to develop a cable manufacturing industry.

​Energy majors SSE, ScottishPower and National Grid, together with the NatWest Group have been announced as the first sponsors of the COP26 climate change summit.