Ruling thewaves:New generation cables can bring greener power to fish farms

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AROUND 50 per cent of Norway's inshore salmon farms are electrified but in Scotland the industry relies almost exclusively on diesel power. Now a Swedish based company is spearheading a drive to introduce electric power, not just for traditional farming operations, but for the growing number of offshore or higher energy sites.Ulf Lindelof, chairman of Sub Connected, exhibiting at Aqua Nor for the first time, said he had held discussions with several Scottish salmon farmers at his stand, after questioning the sector's energy sources during the Scottish supply chain seminar onthe first day of the show.