# Eastern Green Link 1 awards £1.8bn in contracts for UK cable project

Eastern Green Link 1 Ltd awarded a £750m contract to Prysmian Group for 400km of power cable and a £1bn contract to GE Vernova and MYTILINEOS for two HVDC converter stations. The contracts were announced on December 12, 2023.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-12-12
- Where: Torness, East Lothian to Hawthorn Pit, County Durham, United Kingdom
- Value: $2.29B (1.80B GBP)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2 GW
- Products: HVDC subsea transmission cable, HVDC converter stations
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Prysmian](https://endata.com/companies/968.md) (supplier)
- [GE Vernova](https://endata.com/companies/2947.md) (supplier)
- [MYTILINEOS Energy & Metals](https://endata.com/companies/72528.md) (supplier)
- [Eastern Green Link 1 Limited](https://endata.com/companies/74084.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [nationalgrid.com](https://www.nationalgrid.com/eastern-green-link-1-ltd-awards-ps18bn-contracts-deliver-uks-first-high-capacity-east-coast-cable-0), 2023-12-12: "These contract awards are a major milestone for the project, with the design phase commencing in 2024 and construction in 2025."

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