Western Isles HVDC Link

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NKT Awarded SSEN Transmission’s Biggest Ever Contract for the Western Isles and Spittal to Peterhead Subsea Cable Projects

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SSEN Transmission has awarded one of the leading global cable manufacturers, NKT, major contracts to manufacture and install the 525kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables for two key subsea cable links: one linking Spittal in Caithness and Peterhead in Aberdeenshire; and the other proposed to connect the Western Isles to the Scottish mainland. This milestone […]

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SSEN Transmission Relocates Cable Works Site in Response to Community Feedback 

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SSEN Transmission has acted on feedback from the local community by relocating a proposed temporary construction compound in the Contin area, which will support work on the underground cable section of the Western Isles HVDC Link. The decision to move the compound to a new site east of the previously proposed location at Kinellan follows recent consultation activity, including a community event

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