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NorthConnect converter application approved

By: Tom Russell 27/08/2015 NorthConnect

General Grid Interconnectors Substations

Aberdeenshire Council today approved an application by a Scandinavian consortium for an electricity converter station and underground cables near Peterhead for the NorthConnect interconnector.

NorthConnect submitted the planning application to The Aberdeenshire Council in spring 2015, which includes the associated onshore underground cabling. The NorthConnect interconnector will link UK and Norway via a 650km subsea power cable. The 1.4GW cable between north east Scotland and Norway and is expected to support 200 jobs through its construction.

Richard Blanchfield, the UK Project Manager for the NorthConnect project, said: “We’re obviously happy that Aberdeenshire Council has supported the NorthConnect project. This major investment is an opportunity for the north east economy, it will help keep the lights on in Scotland, press down on household electricity bills and allow the green powerhouses of Scotland and Scandinavia to deliver their low carbon potential.

“NorthConnect is also an important European project as it has been designated as a project of common interest and is being considered for Electricity Highway status.We will work closely with residents around Boddam and Stirling to ensure that during construction of the converter station and laying the underground cables that any disruption is kept to an absolute minimum.”

NorthConnect partnership in Scotland will now submit plans for the subsea section of the interconnector. Construction of a converter station is necessary in order to connect the interconnector cable to the National Grid. However construction of both the subsea section and converter station will not start until proper consent is secured and investment is finalised.

The £1.3bn project is scheduled to start operating from 2022. For more information about the NorthConnect interconnector please follow the link provided. To see the interconnector location, see our interactive map.

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