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