National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is inviting communities in Lincolnshire, King’s Lynn, West Norfolk, and Fenland in Cambridgeshire, to take part in consultations on three new transmission projects that will bring renewable energy from Scottish offshore wind to southern parts of GB.
The projects are:
• Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3), developed with SSEN Transmission, between Peterhead and Anderby Creek, Lincolnshire.
• Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4), developed with SP Energy Networks, between Westfield, Fife, and Anderby Creek.
• Eastern Green Link 5 (EGL5), a newly proposed project, with SSEN Transmission. It would run 555km from Scotland to Anderby Creek and then continue 9km underground to a new converter station in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
Underground cables will run from EGL3 and EGL4 for around 100km to converter stations in the Walpole area of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, before connecting to the existing transmission network via a new substation.
The consultations run from 13 May to 23 June 2025. NGET said it is consulting on all three projects together to allow local communities to understand how the proposals are being coordinated to reduce construction impacts. This includes the potential to share cable landfall locations, underground cable routes, and above-ground infrastructure.
Sean Stokoe, Head of Offshore Consents for National Grid, said: “As electricity demand is set to double, these projects will help us make the most of Britain’s offshore wind, reducing our reliance on expensive imported fossil fuels. We’re keen to hear from local communities so we can shape our plans together.”
Among the topics for the new consultation:
• Confirming Anderby Creek as the landfall location for both projects, with Theddlethorpe removed from consideration.
• Cancelling proposals for a converter station and direct current switching station in the Bilsby area of East Lindsey.
• Removing a previously proposed cable route north from Huttoft to Bilsby
• Routeing EGL3 cables entirely outside the Holderness Offshore Marine Conservation Zone, with a minimal crossing by EGL4 cables.