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Ofgem greenlights £3.4bn for Scotland-Yorkshire electricity superhighway

A proposed 500 kilometre electricity superhighway between Scotland and Yorkshire has received provisional £3.4 billion funding, aiming to power up to two million homes

read more... 28/03/2024

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UK's National Grid and SSEN in JV for 2 GW electricity transmission project

Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN) said on Tuesday it had signed a joint venture agreement with Britain's National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) to build a 2 gigawatt (GW) subsea cable linking northern Scotland to England.

read more... 06/07/2023

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UK Rosebank oil field could be powered by wind turbines

Electricity from a newly developed wind farm off the coast of Scotland in the north of the UK may be used to power the Rosebank oil field.

read more... 27/06/2023

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UK's SSEN to invest 10 billion pounds in electricity networks

Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN) Transmission will invest 10 billion pounds ($12.5 billion) in networks in Scotland which will enable the connection of up to 11 gigawatts of offshore wind projects, it said on Tuesday.

read more... 14/06/2023

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Northern Ireland-Scotland electricity link proposed

A transmission licence application has been made in Northern Ireland (NI) for a proposed new electricity interconnector, which aims to connect NI and Scotland around the end of the decade.

read more... 30/05/2023

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