Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4) is a new High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) electrical link that will connect Fife in Scotland with Norfolk in England.
It will be able to transmit up to 2GW of clean, green renewable energy – enough to power around 1.5 million homes.
EGL4 is made up of three parts:
- A 500km subsea High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable between Kinghorn, Fife and South Humber, Lincolnshire
- A 14km underground cable from Kinghorn to a new converter station at Westfield, near Ballingry, Fife
- A 100km underground cable from South Humber to a new converter station near Walpole, Norfolk
EGL4 is one of four similar projects being developed in partnership between SP Energy Networks and National Grid Electricity Transmission that will significantly increase the capacity of the electricity network between Scotland and England. EGL1 and EGL2 have already been consented and are moving towards construction, and EGL3 and EGL4 (this project) are in the development and assessment stage.
Western Link, a similar project linking Hunterston on the west coast of Scotland with Connahs Quay in North Wales, is already in operation.