National Grid Electricity Transmission and SSEN Transmission
Location of the project
The United Kingdom
Quantity of order
525 kV HVDC power cable system with a route length of around 680 km, including both onshore and offshore cable sections.
Total cable length
680 km
Total cable route length
680 km
Duration
2026-2033
Scope
The project
Deliver affordable, reliable and clean power for up to 2 million homes
The contract for Eastern green link 3 is being signed by amongst others Mikael Wennerberg (in the middle). Signing is a significant milestone for NKT and for the reinforcement of Great Britain´s power system. With a value of more than EUR 2.2bn, the EGL3 order is the largest contract for a single cable project in NKT’s history, and it has now been added to the high-voltage order backlog.
