Supergrid

Mainstream’s Chief Executive, Dr Eddie O’Connor, formulated the initial proposals for the European Offshore Supergrid in 2001 and is defined as “an electricity system, mainly based on direct current, designed to facilitate large-scale sustainable power generation in remote areas for transmission to centres of consumption”.  Whilst not seen by policy makers as a priority at that time, today
Supergrid is acknowledged as central to achieving Europe’s goals of security of supply and sustainability.

The Supergrid is a high voltage direct current (HVDC) network connecting offshore and onshore SuperNodes which collect the renewable energy and deliver it to the existing high voltage grid on land.
The Supergrid has the technology and scale to harness Europe’s abundant offshore wind in the North Sea. It is also capable of being deployed on land where there are gaps in a country’s or continent’s
energy capacity, such as in the US.