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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Subsea project to bring renewable power from Scotland to England awarded £1.8bn

A member of the public walk pasts wind turbines operated by Scottish Power Renewables.
Wind turbines operated by Scottish Power Renewables. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images

One of Britain’s biggest power grid projects has awarded contracts worth £1.8bn for a 190km subsea electricity superhighway to bring renewable power from Scotland to the north of England.

National Grid and Scottish Power plan to begin building the “transformative” £2.5bn high-voltage power line along the east coast of the country from East Lothian to County Durham from 2025.

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