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Linking UK offshore wind farms directly to multiple neighbouring European countries through high-voltage subsea interconnector cables could cut energy bills for UK consumers, according to a new report published today by RenewableUK and National Grid.

National Grid Ventures (NGV), responsible for building and operating LionLink as part of the commercial arm of National Grid, has published its refined proposals for LionLink, a new subsea and underground electricity cable – known as an interconnector – which will connect an offshore wind farm to Great Britain’s and the Netherlands’ electricity grids.

Record-breaking renewable power projects are among the 2.4GW of new generation connections plugged into the transmission network in England and Wales during 2025.

Volunteers from National Grid’s Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement project teamed up with Suffolk Scouts to provide essential equipment and improve facilities at the Hallowtree Scout Activity Centre, Ipswich.

Eastern Green Link 2, working alongside contractor partner BAM, has awarded more than £8.9 million in contracts to businesses near the Wren Hall Converter Station site in Drax, North Yorkshire, delivering real economic benefits to local communities.

Electricity is now flowing through a new part of National Grid’s £1 billion London Power Tunnels 2 project following the energisation of a key transmission circuit.

National Grid has signed two contracts for Sea Link, a proposed 140km subsea electricity connection set to deliver cleaner, more reliable power between Kent and Suffolk.

Members of National Grid’s North Wessex Downs VIP project team recently joined more than a hundred local residents and community leaders in Bromham for a very special occasion: the official reopening of the village’s Community Hub by Her Majesty Queen Camilla