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Eastern Inexperienced Hyperlink 2 is speak to be the UK’s single supreme electrical energy transmission challenge ever, and so they’re having a search for for suppliers.
Eastern Inexperienced Hyperlink 2 (EGL2) is interesting suppliers of a mountainous risk of constructing services and products to a assembly to next week to be taught more in regards to the £2.1bn challenge and the industry alternatives.
The ‘meet the purchaser’ match takes region in Goole on Thursday 25th January 2024. Ogle below for facts.
EGL2 is a 2GW excessive voltage remark most up-to-date (HVDC) electrical ‘superhighway’ cable hyperlink to be constructed between Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, and Drax in North Yorkshire. After travelling 440km beneath the ocean from Peterhead, EGL2’s subsea cable will near ashore on the East Yorkshire fly at Wilsthorpe and then hurry underground for 68km to a fresh excessive voltage most up-to-date (HVDC) converter region at Drax.
The challenge is being jointly developed by Scottish and Southern Electrical energy Networks Transmission (SSENT) and Nationwide Grid Electrical energy Transmission (NGET).
Boost work is speak to begin up this one year, with the fresh connection due to be operational in 2029.
Subsequent week’s drop-in match in Goole goals to join potential suppliers across Yorkshire and Humberside with EGL2’s contractors Hitachi Energy and Bam Nuttall, who are constructing converter stations at either conclude of the cable.
Opportunities exist for suppliers of:
- aggregates and willing-combine concrete
- earthworks
- constructing works
- surfacing
- precast concrete
- mechanical & electrical services and products (fire & ventilation)
- plant and instrument hire
- welfare and position services and products.
Ricky Saez, Eastern Inexperienced Hyperlink 2 challenge director, acknowledged: “EGL2 is famous and an extremely attention-grabbing challenge so we would like a mountainous risk of suppliers across a bunch of plenty of sectors. We indisputably are looking to faucet into the abilities we know exists locally, so in case your industry is expounded to our requirements, please drop in for a chat.”
The EGL2 meet the purchaser match will seemingly be at the Elevate Alternate Centre, Tom Pudding Method, Goole, DN14 6BS between 11am and 6pm on the 25th of January 2024. There’s no such thing as a need to register – correct turn up.
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