The consortium of Mytilineos and GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions has been declared as the preferred supplier for a 2.5 billion pounds electricity grid project in the UK. 

The joint venture of National Grid Electricity Transmission and SP Transmission part of SP Energy Networks (SPEN) has selected Mytilineos and GE Vernova as preferred suppliers for the project’s two required HVDC converter stations.

The Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) project will see the creation of a 525kV, 2GW HVDC 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.