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Scottish and Southern Energy awarded the €17.5 million (£14 million) deep sea bed subsea cable replacement project under the Solent to a specialist joint venture between VolkerInfra and Visser & Smit Marine Contracting (VSMC), selecting them to manufacture and install a bespoke 5.6 km, 132 kV cable to replace one of three cables supplying electricity to the Isle of Wight. This contract made the VolkerInfra–VSMC joint venture the main cable contractor for the first subsea electrical installation under the Solent waterway in 40 years.