News and Views We have commenced our Pentland Firth East cable replacement works We have commenced our core work programme to replace one of the two submarine electricity distribution cables connecting Orkney to mainland Scotland, ensuring strengthened resilience of electricity supply to the islands ahead of the coming winter. We have successfully completes Jura – mainland submarine cable replacement A project to replace the submarine electricity cable connecting the Isle of Jura to Tayvallich in Argyll is now complete, following a cable fault in November 2019. This work returns the network to normal operation and will ensure a safe and reliable supply of electricity to the islands of Jura, Islay and Colonsay. Read more New subsea cable to Cumbrae up and running, with innovative technology set to be installed Our project to replace one of the two electricity subsea cables connecting Cumbrae to Bute is now complete, with new additional fault detection technology set to be used to ensure future monitoring.” Read more
Information Centre About us We are responsible for monitoring the efficiency and integrity of the submarine electricity cable network which provides power supplies from the mainland to fifty nine Scottish Islands. Find out what we do here. About us Video Library Check out our videos to see the work that goes into installing and decommissioning our subsea electricity cables. Video Library