SSE pulls out of UK-Norway link plan

NorthConnect is planned to start at Peterhead, Scotland

UK utility SSE has pulled out of the NorthConnect project to build a subsea transmission link between Scotland and Norway.

The other four partners in the 1.4GW project – including Swedish utility Vattenfall – say the decision “does not affect the deliverability” of NorthConnect.

The project partners hope to bring the interconnector into service by 2020, linking Peterhead in Scotland and Samnanger in Norway.

The plan has been backed by Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, and would be a huge boon to Scotland’s ambitions to become an exporter of renewable electricity.

SSE said: "Following an internal review of the project it was deemed that a combination of the need to…

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