Opening of the UK’s First HVDC Subsea Cable Factory

That the Parliament celebrates the opening of Sumitomo Electric’s HVDC subsea cable factory at the Port of Nigg in Easter Ross, which is the first of its kind in the UK; commends the projected establishment of over 200 jobs at the factory and hundreds more UK-wide; welcomes its contribution towards the expansion of the UK’s clean energy capabilities and goal of achieving net zero by 2050; acknowledges what it sees as the significant role that the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport possesses in serving Scotland's offshore sector, and notes the importance that industry in Caithness, Sutherland and Ross holds towards expanding the UK’s home-grown energy network.