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Plans progress to repair electrical cable
January 31, 2021 at 8:00 am
Work to install the new subsea cable was completed in November 2020.
After a fault developed on a new £30million subsea electrical cable one of two which connects Orkney to the Scottish mainland the old cable which it replaced is set to be temporarily reconnected and a section of overhead lines will be reinstated in Rackwick in the interim.
There is no impact to customer power supplies as a result of the fault on the Pentland Firth East cable but contingency measures are in place including the limited operation of the backup power station in Kirkwall where required.