# Balfour Beatty secures SSEN contract for Aberdeenshire energy hub

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/balfour-beatty-secures-ssen-contract-for-aberdeenshire-energy-hub/4121254710
- Published: 2026-06-25T07:44:03+01:00
- Author: Ethan Davis

**Balfour Beatty Plc** (LON:BBY), the international infrastructure group, has been
awarded a two-year contract worth £325 million by Scottish and Southern Electricity
Networks (SSEN) to deliver the Netherton Hub in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The award, secured through SSEN’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment 
Offshore Framework, builds on Balfour Beatty’s earlier appointment in 2025 to deliver
enabling works at the site.

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.
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.

> Philip Hoare, Balfour Beatty Group Chief Executive, said: “Securing this contract
> reinforces Balfour Beatty’s position at the forefront of the UK’s energy infrastructure
> market.
> “The Netherton Hub will play a pivotal role in enabling the delivery of secure,
> homegrown, low-carbon power at scale. We are proud to be working with SSEN to 
> deliver infrastructure of such national importance – drawing on our proven expertise
> in complex, large-scale projects.”

A workforce of over 800 will be employed at peak construction with over 5% of the
workforce made up of apprentices and graduates, in line with the company’s commitment
to The 5% Club.

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