Balfour Beatty wins £325m SSEN contract

(Sharecast News) - Infrastructure group Balfour Beatty said it had won a two-year contract worth £325m from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) to deliver the Netherton Hub in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Netherton Hub will strengthen the UK's national grid and enable renewable energy from northern Scotland to be transmitted efficiently to demand centres nationwide, the company said on Thursday.

Balfour Beatty will deliver the earthworks and civil infrastructure, including five platforms to support the two substations and three converter stations, as well as an operations base and associated facilities.

Reporting by Frank Prenesti for Sharecast.com