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Scotland-England subsea power cable granted marine licence
SSEN Transmission and National Grid Electricity Transmission were granted a marine licence on 11 November 2026 for the Scottish waters section of the Eastern Green Link 3 subsea cable. EGL3 is a joint venture that will carry electricity between Scotland and England, connecting near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. The licence follows several years of marine surveys and environmental assessment work along the proposed cable route.
Our readA marine licence does not build a cable, but it removes one of the approval steps standing between a decade of grid-reinforcement plans and the construction boats SSEN and National Grid still need to mobilise.
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