Eastern Green Link 2 marks a year of construction progress on UK’s largest electricity transmission project

SSEN Transmission and National Grid Electricity Transmission are celebrating one year since breaking ground on Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), the UK’s largest electricity transmission project.

The £4.3bn initiative will deliver 2GW of clean energy - enough to power two million homes - via a 505km subsea HVDC cable between Peterhead in Aberdeenshire and Drax in Yorkshire.

In the past year, major progress has been made at both converter station sites, with foundations, piling and electrical works underway.

Looking ahead, the next 12 months will see the continuation of steelwork rising from the ground at Peterhead, the completion of the Wren Hall platform, and the continued build-out of the electrical connections that will tie EGL2 into the wider electricity grid – all to be followed by cable laying in 2027 and 2028 as the sites gear up to be physically connected.

EGL2 is a cornerstone of the UK’s clean energy future, unlocking renewable power and strengthening national energy security.