Shortly after this, National Grid Lion Link Limited applied for the electricity interconnector with the UK energy market regulator Ofgem, requesting a licence that would authorize it to participate in the operation of the interconnector in Great Britain.
In the Netherlands, TenneT contracted GEOxyz in 2023 to carry out geophysical and geotechnical surveys for the export cable route for the Nederwiek 3 offshore wind farm and in May 2024, Next Geosolutions kicked off a cable route survey for the LionLink line in the UK.