The Anonymous Widower

Green Light For Orkney Transmission Link

The title of this post, is the same as that of this news item from SSE.

These three paragraphs outline the project.

SSE’s Transmission business, SSEN Transmission, has welcomed today’s publication by Ofgem in which the energy regulator has provisionally approved long awaited and much needed plans to provide a subsea electricity transmission link to Orkney.

The Orkney Islands are home to some of the world’s greatest resources of renewable electricity, from established onshore wind, to emerging marine technologies, where Orkney is at the forefront of global developments in marine energy generation.

Following significant growth in small-scale renewable electricity generation in Orkney, the local electricity network has long been at full capacity and no new electricity generation can connect without significant reinforcements.

This paragraph describes the scope of the project.

SSEN Transmission’s proposed solution would enable the connection of up to 220MW of new renewable electricity and consists of a new substation at Finstown in Orkney, and around 57km of subsea cable, connecting to a new substation at Dounreay in Caithness.

200 MW seems a good return for a substation and forty miles of cable.

March 5, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Dounreay, Interconnectors, Orkney, SSE, SSEN