By Energy People. Compiled with AI assistance from linked sources.
Eastern Green Link 3 has received a marine licence covering its subsea electricity cables in Scottish waters, including nearshore works at the landfall near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. SSEN Transmission announced the decision on 11 November.
The project, developed jointly with National Grid Electricity Transmission, is intended to carry renewable electricity from northern Scotland towards demand centres in England. The developers say the additional transmission capacity will ease network constraints.
Scottish cable works clear a consent milestone
The licence covers installation and operation of the Scottish marine infrastructure. SSEN says route development drew on marine surveys, environmental assessments and engagement with fisheries, coastal communities and other offshore developers.
This is a separate milestone from the recently announced southern converter-station construction contract. The announcement does not establish that every consent is in place or that offshore installation has started.
For the north-east supply chain, the local connection is the Peterhead cable landfall and associated nearshore work. SSEN anticipates employment and business opportunities but gives no new quantified recruitment commitment.
Source: SSEN Transmission, 11 November 2026.
Explore SSE’s employer profile and Power & Utilities jobs.
Image credit: Illustrative file photograph of cable-laying vessel NKT Victoria at Aberdeen, 10 July 2017; not EGL3 works and no vessel assignment is implied. Alan Jamieson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Resized and compressed.
.jpg){kind=link}