Sumitomo Electric Industries : and Siemens Energy secure contract for 500 MW Greenlink interconnector between UK and Ireland to enhance exchange capacity of renewable energy
September 21, 2021 at 08:42 pm EDT
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Beatrix Natter, Executive Vice President Transmission at Siemens Energy, said: "Interconnectors like Greenlink play a critical role in strengthening the share of renewable sources in the European energy mix and bolstering energy security. We at Siemens Energy are very pleased that Greenlink chose our state-of-the-art HVDC technology, adding a new lighthouse project to our proven track record of ten HVDC projects in implementation and more than 59 successfully completed projects worldwide."
*1 XLPE stands for crosslinked polyethylene. Conventionally, mass impregnated cables using highly viscous insulation oil have been utilized for HVDC projects. In recent years, XLPE insulated cables have been commonly adopted by the market due to their high allowable operating temperature and also due to growing environmental concerns. As of today, the maximum voltage for commercially used HVDC XLPE insulated cables is 400 kV, as implemented in the NEMO Interconnector commissioned to Sumitomo Electric. In addition, Sumitomo Electric has been contracted for the A-Nord project by German transmission system operator Amprion, and in this project the same technology will be used at even higher voltage of 525kV.
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Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. is one of the world's leaders of electric wires and cables, and fiber optic manufacturing. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by sectors of activity as follows:
- automotive (54.8%): cable beams, rubber anti-vibration products, etc.;
- energy and environment (21.1%): copper electric wires, electric cables, magnet wires, power cables, etc.;
- electronic (7.8%): electronic wires, semiconductors components, electronic components, printed circuit boards, etc.;
- information and communication (7.5%): fiber optic cables, optic components, network cabling systems, etc.;
- others (8.8%): primarily steel special wires.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (42.7%), China (19.7%), Asia (10.7%), the United States (11.8%), the Americas (4.2%) and other (10.9%).
Sumitomo Electric Industries : and Siemens Energy secure contract for 500 MW Greenlink interconnector between UK and Ireland to enhance exchange capacity of renewable energy
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