SSE Renewables has selected Nexans as the preferred contractor to design, supply and install onshore and offshore export cables for the 1075MW Seagreen wind farm off Scotland.
The French company will be responsible for three 65km offshore lines and three 20km onshore wires.
Nexans will join other tier-one contractors at meet the buyer events to be held this week in Aberdeen, Inverness and Dundee.
Seagreen project director John Hill welcomed the cable manufacturer to its team.
“We had a very successful relationship with Nexans on our Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm, where they employed Scottish and UK companies to deliver the onshore and offshore export cable for the project and look forward to working with them to maximise UK content as we work to deliver Seagreen,” he said.
Vincent Desale, Nexans SEVP for the Subsea and Land System Business Group, added: “We are delighted to receive this agreement from SSE Renewables and we are excited to be helping to bring the biggest wind farm in Scotland to life.”
Seagreen is located 27km off the Angus coast and is due online 2024-25.