The UK’s first subsea High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable manufacturing plant has opened in Scotland.
The £350 million facility is said to be an investment that will support the country’s energy network.
The plant at the Port of Nigg, on the North East coast of Scotland, will see 200 jobs created and hundreds more protected.
Secretary of State for Scotland, Douglas Alexander, took part in the opening of the facility, with the government claiming it is vital to the UK’s national energy security infrastructure.
Mr Alexander said: “Scotland is helping to solve one of the biggest challenges in our transition to clean energy, connecting offshore wind to where it’s needed most. This development is a huge vote of confidence.”
HVDC subsea cables act as “electricity superhighways” beneath the sea, transporting massive amounts of Scottish wind power directly to high-demand areas in the rest of the UK over long distances without power loss.
They clear the grid bottleneck that forces wind farms to turn off on windy days, saving money and preventing clean energy waste.
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