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Cable Systems Ltd
The latest UK government target is 60 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030; we currently have 14.7 gigawatts plugged into UK networks. So, there’ s a huge amount of additional offshore wind infrastructure that needs to be built. Of course, that requires not only the turbines, the towers, and the platforms but also the cables to bring that power back to shore. We’ re in a really great place to support that market as those projects get constructed and delivered. Adding this extra capacity is essential to ensuring we can meet that increased demand.
Reducing emissions
“ In turn, we can help the industry and UK government deliver those targets, successfully growing our offshore wind capacity. As well as increasing our production capacity, we’ re also moving up the voltage range; in the last year, we’ ve moved from 66-kilovolt cables to
132-kilovolt cables. This allows us to provide more power on the cable systems. Moving up the voltage range also enables us to access the export cable market. These export cables are the larger cables bringing power from the wind farm back to shore and are currently imported to the UK. Our investments over the last three years are all coming together, facilitating a move into the high-voltage export cable market.
“ In the new facility, a line is already in place that will allow us to go up to 275 kilovolts in the next two to three years. It takes over a year to test the prototypes once you’ ve got the line operational. So, we will be working on that next year and then completing the long-term prototype cable testing in 2027.”
James goes on to highlight how JDR’ s commitment to sustainability goes beyond its products:“ We’ re continually looking at our emissions. One of the areas we’ re exploring
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