UK: Northern Isles Grid Connection Upgrade Delayed

Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission, part of the SSE energy group, announced the delay of the grid connections between Orkney and Shetland until 2018, BBC informs.

With this move Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission raised questions over the Scottish government’s Saltire Prize.

This decision may provide capacity problems to the companies involved, and they will be unable to connect to the grid.

Niall Stuart, chief executive of industry body Scottish Renewables, was quoted as saying: “This is of course disappointing news for those projects that will be delayed as a result of the new timescales for delivery. However, it is perhaps not surprising that such a huge programme of upgrades and new connections will take longer than originally expected.”

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Subsea World News Staff , December 25, 2012