SSEN Transmission, part of UK energy group SSE Plc (<a href="http://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/SSE/sse-plc/company-page" target="_blank">LON:SSE</a>) has selected the consortium of Japan’s Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd and its subsea cable installation partner, Van Oord Offshore Wind UK, as the preferred bidder for the proposed Shetland 2 subsea link.