Cable-maker NKT has reeled in the turnkey order for the 600MW Shetland HVDC Link interconnector, the first power transmission line between the Scottish mainland and the island of Shetland in the UK North Sea.

The €235m ($268m) assignment from SSEN Transmission will encompass delivery and installation of a pair of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) lines, running offshore and on-, some 260km in length.