Electricity transmission network operator
Appears in 3 stories · Last updated Nov 9, 2026
Co-developer of EGL3; contracted BAM for northern converter station early works
BAM UK & Ireland will build the southern converter station for Eastern Green Link 3, a 2-gigawatt electricity link planned between Peterhead in Aberdeenshire and Walpole in Norfolk. National Grid awarded the contract on 9 November; BAM already holds the early works deal for the northern converter station near Peterhead.
Updated 2 days ago
Developer and owner of the Western Isles HVDC link
Work began on the Lewis Hub near Stornoway on 6 November, the converter station that will link the Western Isles to the mainland grid for the first time. The link can carry up to 1.8 gigawatts, far more than the islands' existing network could absorb.
Named Sumitomo Electric preferred bidder for the Shetland 2 cable supply in May 2024
Sumitomo Electric opened the UK's first high-voltage subsea cable factory at the Port of Nigg on Scotland's northeast coast on October 19. The £350 million plant, inside the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport, will make 525-kilovolt cables that carry offshore wind power long distances with less energy loss than alternating current. Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander said the UK had been the only G7 country without the capacity to make them.
Updated Oct 28
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