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.…
