The upgrade, part ofScottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission’s wider plans to spend some €6bn on its electricity network between2013 and 2021, will free up to 150MW of additional grid capacity.
Nexans is calling up itsspecialist Skagerrak cable ship for the job of laying the two 41km-long 230 kVand 240 MVA armoured lines, which will be lowered to water depths of over 100metres and buried using a specialised Capjet system with rock dumping for protection.
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