County Durham

Overview of planned onshore works:

10 km of underground onshore cables will run from the landfall point just north of Seaham, to a new converter station and substation at Hawthorn Pit, County Durham, between the villages of Murton and South Hetton.

  • The construction of a new converter station and new substation next to our existing site at Hawthorn Pit (between Murton and South Hetton) 
  • The installation of underground cables to connect the new converter station and the new substation 
  • Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) activities from land to sea
  • The installation of underground cables connecting the converter station with the landfall point just north of Seaham 
  • Temporary works, such as site welfare compounds and access roads to facilitate the construction and installation of the above