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On 22 January 2025, SSEN Transmission signed a Capacity Reservation Agreement with a consortium of Sumitomo Electric Industries and Van Oord for the supply and installation of a second 525 kV HVDC cable link between Shetland and the Scottish mainland, known as the Shetland 2 HVDC Link. The agreement covers delivery of the subsea cables from Sumitomo’s new manufacturing facility under construction in Nigg in northeast Scotland.