Our preferred route for the subsea cables has been developed through careful environmental and technical assessment of potential route options, in consultation with Scottish shipping and fisheries organisations and environmental bodies.
It takes into account protected and designated areas and infrastructure such as pipelines, cables, wrecks and military considerations.
You can find more information in our Marine Route Options Appraisal Non-Technical Summary.
SP Energy Networks carried out benthic and geotechnical marine surveys to look at the route through which the marine cable will run. The surveys gathered data on the geology and ecology in the marine environment.
Following completion of the surveys, marine technical consultants developed a route for the marine cables which tried to avoid difficult ground conditions such as outcropping rock and areas of high shipping, fishing and environmental sensitivity.