Balfour Beatty has secured a £90m contract to deliver the onshore civil works for the Viking Link interconnector project.
As part of the four-year contract Balfour Beatty will be responsible for the civil engineering and installation of 68Km of high voltage cabling across Lincolnshire, east England.
The cabling will form part of the 760Km Viking Link interconnector that will link Bicker Fen in Lincolnshire and Revsing in Denmark.
Viking Link project director for National Grid Ventures Mike Elmer said: “This contract is a major milestone in the next part of the project.
“We’re pleased to be working with Balfour Beatty, who will deliver the onshore cable installation section of the Viking Link Interconnector between landfall site at Sandilands and the Converter Station at Bicker Fen.
“Viking Link will enable Great Britain to import and export electricity; provide a secure supply of affordable electricity and play a vital role in helping to decarbonise the UK’s power supply on our journey to a net zero carbon energy system.”