CONSULTATION over plans for a £1.6 billion underwater cabling project is now under way.
SP Energy Networks is planning new facilities in East Lothian as part of the Eastern Link scheme.
The network operator is due to reveal to the public its plans to build a converter station and lay underground and marine cables in the area.
The proposed converter station location is east of the Dunbar Energy Recovery Facility at Oxwellmains, to the east of the town.
A pre-application consultation is under way on the proposed marine work, which would see the installation of marine cables between Thorntonloch Beach, near Dunbar, and Hawthorn Pit, County Durham.
SP Energy Networks will hold a series of virtual consultations this month to explain plans and answer any questions.
Public exhibition material will be available to view online and at Innerwick Village Hall until February 28.
Barry Hughes, development lead at SP Energy Networks, said: “These proposals provide details of the Eastern Link project, which will provide a vital new energy link between Scotland and England; providing additional security for Scotland’s electricity supplies and the means to utilise significant onshore and offshore green energy generation.”
For more information, go to spenergynetworks.co.uk/pages/eastern_link_introduction.aspx
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