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We will be responsible for the 400kV substation works package for National Grid Electricity Transmission, working collaboratively with the wider project to expand the electricity network. This project is crucial for meeting Britain\u2019s future energy infrastructure needs and strengthening energy security\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read more about the project on Scottish Power&#8217;s website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishpower.com\/news\/pages\/construction_underway_on_subsea_electricity_superhighway.aspx\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murphy was proud to be part of the groundbreaking ceremony for Eastern Gas Link 1 last week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[69,84,68,83,85,71],"class_list":["post-3256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-energy","tag-groundbreaking","tag-national-grid","tag-project-start","tag-scottish-power","tag-substation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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