Subsea Electrical Cable Links Ayrshire-Wales: Girvan Event

Re: Western Link 2

A High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Subsea Electrical Link

We're bringing to your attention, a recent local news article pertaining to plans for a subsea electrical cable that will run from Ayrshire to Wales and a consultation event taking place this week in Girvan.

Newspaper article 👇

In More Detail

For more detailed information please see the under-noted link.

https://www.spenergynetworks.co.uk/pages/western_link_2.aspx

This gist being ...

By the end of this decade, the UK Government ... aims for every home in the country to be powered by offshore wind and has set a 50GW offshore wind connections target by the early 2030s. 

Much of the new offshore and onshore wind is in or around Scotland, which produces more energy than it uses. The existing electricity network does not have enough capacity to transmit all the additional clean, green energy from where it’s produced to where it’s needed, so projects like Western Link 2 are needed to help guarantee security of energy supplies and make the network more resilient.  

3 Local Consultations

The Girvan Consultation is just one of 3 taking place. The first is on Tuesday in Kilmarnock, and another in Monkton on Friday this week. Times vary. See below.

SP Energy Networks will be applying to East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire Councils for planning permission in principle (PiP) under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act. 

In the meantime, you can contact them as follows: 

Email: wl2@communityrelations.co.uk

Freephone: 0800 336103 

Freepost: FREEPOST SPEN WL2