One of Britain’s biggest power grid projects has awarded contracts worth £1.8bn for a 190km subsea electricity superhighway to bring renewable power from Scotland to the north of England.
National Grid and Scottish Power plan to begin building the “transformative” £2.5bn high-voltage power line along the east coast of the country from East Lothian to County Durham from 2025.
The Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) project is one of Britain’s largest grid upgrade projects in generations and has been designed to carry enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of 2 million households.
Not sure its have to. Vs being cheaper. Lets face it land above sea level has more value to humans then that below.
Placing cables on the sea floor by ship is there fore likely cheaper then building pilons or digging wires via wanted land.
Not to mention the the owner of the under sea land around the UK, is one person. As opposed to negotiating with multiple parties.
From what I’ve read previously, it’s not cheaper in terms of the material cost, but yes, the property rights. Why it’s such an issue at the border, I’m not sure.