General Electric-Mytilineos Consortium awarded GBP1B contract for subsea link

GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business and Mytilineos Energy & Metals have been awarded a GBP1B contract by National Grid Electricity Transmission and SP Transmission, part of SP Energy Networks, for the U.K.’s first high-capacity east coast subsea link. Specifically, the GE Vernova-Mytilineos consortium was selected to supply and construct two High-Voltage Direct Current converter stations for Eastern Green Link 1, or EGL1. EGL1 will oversee the construction of a subsea transmission cable from Torness in East Lothian, Scotland to Hawthorn Pit in County Durham, England, enabling the transmission of renewable green energy to power more than two million homes across the UK. GE Vernova, the consortium leader, and Mytilineos will provide the engineering works and technology for the two VSC HVDC converter stations. The design phase will begin in January 2024. Construction will begin in 2025.