# Mytilineos and GE Vernona awarded £1 billion HVDC converter station contract for UK subsea link

Mytilineos and GE Vernova were awarded a £1 billion contract by National Grid Electricity Transmission and SP Transmission to supply and construct two HVDC converter stations for the Eastern Green Link 1 project, a 2 GW subsea cable between Scotland and England.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-12-12
- Where: Torness, East Lothian, Scotland; Hawthorn Pit, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
- Value: $1.26B (1.00B GBP)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2 GW
- Products: HVDC converter stations
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [GE Vernova](https://endata.com/companies/2947.md)
- [MYTILINEOS Energy & Metals](https://endata.com/companies/72528.md)
- [GE Vernova](https://endata.com/companies/2947.md) (supplier)
- [National Grid Electricity Transmission](https://endata.com/companies/11337.md) (customer)
- [SP Transmission](https://endata.com/companies/11338.md) (customer)
- [MYTILINEOS Energy & Metals](https://endata.com/companies/72528.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [ekathimerini.com](https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1227107/mytilineos-ge-vernova-land-major-uk-contract/), 2023-12-14: "Mytilineos and GE Vernova on Tuesday announced that they have been awarded a 1-billion UK pound (1.16 billion euros) contract by National Grid Electricity Transmission and SP Transmission for the United Kingdom’s first high-capacity east coast subsea link."
- [acres.engineering](https://acres.engineering/industry-news/1-8bn-of-contracts-awarded-to-deliver-the-uks-first-high-capacity-east-coast-cable-project/), 2024-01-04: "GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business and MYTILINEOS Energy & Metals have also been awarded a £1bn contract to supply and construct two HVDC converter stations."

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