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Orkney's first mainland power cable clears factory testing

Installing electrical equipment at Finstown

Orkney has produced more electricity than it can use for most of the past seventy-five years, with no cable to carry the surplus to the British mainland. On 13 November 2026, cable maker Nexans completed factory acceptance testing of the 220-kilovolt subsea cable built to change that.

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