Sumitomo Electric Industries : and Van Oord Consortium Secures HVDC Cable Framework Agreement with SSEN Transmission

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Sandy Mactaggart, Director of Offshore Delivery at SSEN Transmission, said: "Last month, SSEN Transmission published a landmark report - Re-energising the North: Transforming Scotland - which demonstrated the major economic opportunities of investing in the grid to build national energy security and achieve the country's clean power ambitions. In the north of Scotland alone, our planned five-year investment programme stands to support up to 10,000 high-quality jobs, and 24,000 across Scotland. The framework agreement with Sumitomo Electric and Van Oord is a significant part of turning this great potential into reality. It provides a strong foundation for long-term collaboration and supports our ambitions to deliver the critical subsea infrastructure needed across the north of Scotland in the years ahead. By providing greater certainty and visibility over future opportunities, we are helping create the conditions for inward investment in skills, manufacturing capability and innovation, while ensuring we have access to the specialist expertise required to deliver major projects safely, efficiently and responsibly." Masaki Shirayama, Managing Director of Sumitomo Electric, said: "This Framework Agreement marks an important milestone in the strategic partnership between SSEN Transmission and Sumitomo Electric. Building on more than 100 years of expertise in subsea cable technology, we are proud to contribute to the successful delivery of the Shetland 2 link. Our Scotland factory at the Port of Nigg, together with our Business and EPC projects Centre of Excellence in Glasgow, demonstrates our long-term commitment to investing in local engineering capability, creating high-value skilled jobs, and strengthening resilient supply chains across Scotland and the UK. Through this Framework Agreement, we look forward to further strengthening our collaboration with SSE Group in the HVDC sector and supporting Scotland's and the UK's transition to a secure, resilient and low-carbon energy system." Maurits den Broeder, Managing Director Offshore Energy at Van Oord, said: "The signing of the Framework Agreement is an important milestone for Van Oord in the offshore HVDC market and marks the start of a long-term collaboration with Sumitomo Electric in offshore transmission. It also reflects our deep commitment to the UK, where we have been active for more than a century, in...

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