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SSEN Transmission Submits Spittal to Peterhead Marine Cable Licence Application to Help Deliver National Clean Power Targets 

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SSEN Transmission has submitted a marine licence application to the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate for the Spittal to Peterhead high voltage direct current (HVDC) project – a strategic development connecting the Banniskirk Hub in Caithness (near Spittal) and the Netherton Hub in Aberdeenshire (near Peterhead) by subsea cable – with the capacity to transmit power […]

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Highland Council approves critical substation replacement projects and raises no objection to Melgarve cluster overhead line 

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SSEN Transmission has welcomed the decisions of Highland Council’s South Planning Committee this week to grant consent for three replacement substations at Deanie and Culligran in Glen Strathfarrar, and at Kilmorack. The existing substations were built in the 1960s to connect the associated hydroelectric generation assets to the electricity transmission network and have long supported

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Caithness Communities to Receive Over £335,000 Through Shetland HVDC Link Local Fund  

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Communities in Caithness are to receive over £335,000 through a new community benefit fund established for SSEN Transmission’s Shetland High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Link project.   The 260km subsea link between Shetland and the mainland north of Wick was energised last year, connecting the islands to the GB electricity grid for the first time.   With

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Engagement events planned for the Beauly to Peterhead overhead line following project changes 

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Following changes made to plans for the Beauly to Peterhead 400kV overhead line project, including the removal of the proposed Coachford substation, members of the public are being invited to attend engagement events later this month in Cairnie and Keith to hear more about the changes and share feedback. In May, following extensive site surveys,

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