UK energy regulator signs off on power superhighway


The project entails laying a 500km cable between Scotland and England to power as many as two million homes. — Reuters

LONDON: British energy regulator Ofgem has given the green light to a £3.4bil funding package to build a proposed electricity “superhighway” under the North Sea.

The project entails laying a 500km cable between Scotland and England to power as many as two million homes, the watchdog said Tuesday.

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