By Siddharth Uppal, Product Manager Service & Installation at NKT
Meeting our energy targets – the importance of subsea cables for offshore wind farms and interconnecting power grids
Subsea power cables are critical infrastructure for the transmission of renewable energy globally. Growing demand for renewable power has led to an exponential increase in the number of offshore wind farms in Europe and around the globe. The European Commission predicts having an estimated offshore wind capacity of at least 60 GW installed by 2030, with a view to expanding that capacity to up to 300 GW by 2050. This exponential growth in demand in turn means a tremendous increase in demand for subsea power cables. Another factor that will amplify the rise in demand is the increasing need for subsea interconnector cables, which are used to connect grids across borders via land or sea to ensure increased grid reliability and enable active trading of energy.