The Green Energy Future - Building renewable energy cable networks
Power demands are growing as we embrace electrification, digitalisation and automation projects across industries. Global electricity generation is expected to reach 70,000 TWh by 2050 - with most countries having shifted the focus to renewable energy solutions to meet decarbonisation targets.
Integral to power generation and power distribution is the cable industry which is also experiencing a boost, driven by increased investment in projects to build infrastructure and support network upgrades.
Increased demand for specialised cables
As sustainability takes centre stage, the landscape of energy investment saw global spending on renewable energy infrastructure exceed $1.8 trillion – a 17% increase from the previous year and a new record.
Wind turbines and solar farms, bioenergy & hydroelectric plants, and battery storage facilities all require cables tailored to their specialist applications. But it's not just the installation in isolation, there's a medium voltage grid network needed to distribute the generated power, and that's grown rapidly too. Even the high voltage subsea inter-connector market had risen four-fold to around €12 billion in 2023 with double that predicted in 2024. Cables for green energy projects are in demand.
Not all installations are on the scale of Xlinks - an ambitious project to harness Moroccan sun and wind and transmit back to the UK - but they all work on the same premise - that zero carbon green energy is the best way to support sustainable growth.
We look at some of the key considerations for the cables connecting these green energy technologies, covering:
- Operations: It's all about specification
- The wider Medium Voltage grid
- Renewable energy and the changing the regulatory landscape
- The right cables come with sustainability in mind
- Eland Cables - Case Studies
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