SSEN Transmission has gathered business leaders and representatives from across the companies who will help deliver electricity transmission upgrades across the north of Scotland.
The Pathway to 2030 programme, which involves £10bn investment, will help “dramatically upscale” the infrastructure needed across the north of Scotland to reach net zero.
SSEN Transmission’s programme is being taken forward under Ofgem’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework.
Businesses from across SSEN Transmission’s supply chain and contractors gathered in Glasgow last week to commit to SSEN Transmission’s ASTI Delivery Charter, which commits all those working on the ASTI £10bn programme to a series of key working principles, including a focus on leaving a legacy and positive impact in the communities where this infrastructure will be hosted.
Representatives were welcomed from across the energy sector, including those from Balfour Beatty, Burns & McDonnell, Hitatchi Energy, IQA Elecnor, Linxon, OMSI, Morrison Energy Services, Murphy, NKT, Siemens Bam and Wood.
The 11 businesses named on the charter will be key in supporting SSEN Transmission’s delivery of its ambitious Pathway to 2030 programme.
The north of Scotland will play a key role in enabling the connection of up to 11GW of new offshore wind capacity through ScotWind projects, supporting 20,000 jobs across the UK, 9000 of which will be in Scotland.
The projects include several new onshore reinforcements and subsea links and are part of a major upgrade of the electricity transmission network that is taking place across Great Britain to meet UK and Scottish Government climate change and energy security targets.