Our proposals
This page presents our early proposals for EGL 5, as shared at our stage 1 consultation in 2025. The consultation has now closed and we will consider all feedback from the consultation as we develop our proposals.
The key onshore and offshore elements of our proposals include:
- offshore high voltage direct current (HVDC) cables. In English waters, EGL 5’s cable would be approximately 415 km long (in English and Scottish waters the total cable length would be up to 555 km)
- a transition joint bay (TJB) which will enable the connection of the offshore and onshore HVDC underground cable, located onshore and underground near to our proposed cables landfall at Anderby Creek on the Lincolnshire coastline
- underground HVDC cable running approximately 9 km from the proposed landfall at Anderby Creek on the Lincolnshire coast to a converter station in East Lindsey
- one converter station located either to the north-east of Bilsby or north-west of Huttoft
- underground high voltage alternating current (HVAC) cable running approximately 3 km to connect our proposed converter station to the proposed Lincolnshire Connection Substation-B (LCS-B) and onto the electricity transmission network (please note that LCS-B is being proposed as part of NGET’s separate Grimsby to Walpole project).
Removal of Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL 3) and Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL 4)’s proposed converter station and direct current switching station near Bilsby
NGET’s EGL 3 and EGL 4 projects have now confirmed the removal of their three-ended connection to the proposed Grimsby to Walpole project, which was shown during their initial stage 1 consultation in Spring 2024.
The removal of this link means the removal of the associated converter station, direct current switching station and associated HVDC and HVAC underground cables from the Bilsby area. It also means that the number of converter stations originally proposed in the vicinity of the proposed LCS-B substation, in the Bilsby area, would not be increased with the introduction of the proposed EGL 5 project.
EGL 5 onshore in England
Grimsby to Walpole project’s Lincolnshire Connection Substation-B
National Grid Electricity Transmission's (NGET) Grimsby to Walpole project is responsible for seeking consent for the proposed Lincolnshire Connection Substation-B (LCS-B), located near Bilsby, East Lindsey.
We are not proposing a substation as part of our project; however, we are proposing that EGL 5’s converter station connects into the proposed LCS-B substation.
By connecting into this substation, EGL 5 will facilitate the transmission of renewable energy (particularly from offshore wind) throughout the wider transmission network and onto homes and businesses.
You can read more about the Grimsby to Walpole project on its website.
EGL 5's timeline
