Ofgem has granted provisional approval for the construction of Eastern Green Link 2, an over-500km subsea connection between Scotland and Yorkshire, set to be the longest ever built in Britain

A proposed 500 kilometre electricity superhighway between Scotland and Yorkshire has received provisional £3.4 billion funding, aiming to power up to two million homes

The Eastern Green Link 2 is expected to power two million homes

The Eastern Green Link 2 project involves the development of a 2GW high-voltage direct current subsea transmission cable stretching from Peterhead in Scotland to Drax in England

The project involves the construction of a 2GW high voltage direct current subsea transmission cable, stretching from Peterhead in Scotland to Drax in England

A 2GW subsea transmission cable is set to link Peterhead, Scotland, to Drax in Yorkshire