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Balfour Beatty will set up 68 kilometres of high voltage direct present (HVDC) underground cable televisions from Fraisthorpe Sands to Drax in Yorkshire, along with an extra 1 kilometre of HVDC land cable television at Peterhead in Scotland.
Main works are anticipated to begin in early 2025, with conclusion set up for 2029. At building peak, the task is anticipated to use 140 individuals.
The agreement forms part of the 2GW HVDC electrical ‘superhighway' cable television link, 525kV, to be constructed in between Peterhead and Drax.
The Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) task is being collectively established by SSEN Transmission and National Grid Electricity Transmission. Italian cabling business Prysmian was granted an agreement worth in the area of EUR1.9 bn (₤ 1.6 bn) by EGL2 Limited previously this year to style, manufacture, set up, test and commission the needed HVDC cable television system, that includes 436 kilometres of HVDC subsea cable televisions.
Balfour Beatty is providing roughly 15% of the path on behalf of Prysmian, constructing on its consultation by National Grid in June 2024 to change and update roughly 25km of brand-new overhead lines in North Yorkshire, which will increase the capability to link the EGL2 job.
The cable televisions will link to brand-new converter stations situated at either end, which will transform wind energy that has actually been produced offshore and disperse it throughout Great Britain.
Tony Wilson, handling director of Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission and Distribution organization, stated: “With a tested performance history of dealing with complex cabling tasks, this agreement even more shows our part in providing the important facilities required to enhance the energy sector. Our experience and deep domain understanding positions us completely to finish these most current works for the task which will power around 2 million homes and services, supporting the UK's shift to tidy energy.”
Balfour Beatty was likewise just recently selected to provide the ₤ 363m Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement plan in East Anglia for National Grid. [See previous report here.]
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