Britain’s electricity upgrade just landed a major boost as Sumitomo Electric wins the contract to build and install the 140 km Sea Link HVDC cable between Kent and Suffolk.The project is central to the Great Grid Upgrade, the national push to move more clean power around the country faster and cut constraint costs that hit bills.
Sea Link will be built at Sumitomo Electric’s new submarine cable factory at the Port of Nigg in Scotland, giving the UK a rare dose of industrial strategy