SSE withdraws from Scotland to Norway electricity project 5 March 2013 Last updated at 15:50 Energy company SSE has announced it is withdrawing from a project to build a subsea electricity cable linking Scotland and Norway. The firm said it would "no longer have a financial involvement" in the NorthConnect project. SSE will instead focus on its markets in Britain and Ireland. NorthConnect's other partners, Sweden's Vattenfall and Norwegian companies E-CO Energi, Agder Energi and Lyse, said it would not affect their plans. SSE added that a lack of clarity on interconnector regulation contributed to its decision to withdraw from the project. The company is further planning to dispose of its interests in Scandinavia, including a generation pipeline of almost 900MW of which 89MW has consent for development. An announcement on the sale of its Swedish portfolio is also expected in the coming weeks.