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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

The next bump-in-the-road for may be the (projected) shortage of high voltage cabling that will be needed to expand the inter-connecter network round .

While the EU (but now less so the UK under the ) has ambitious targets, the infrastructure demands currently look to exceed the manufacturing capacity of these vital cables.

The Q. is will (like the chip shortage) be a temporary glitch or a longer term brake on the ?

Chart: Demand for electricity cables is projected to outstrip supply in the second half of the decade. HVDC electricity cable length ('000km) Chart shows estimated supply peaking & then maintaining after 2025 at around 4,500km per year, while combined demand from interconnector & offshore wind in most years from 2025 exceeds that level
Jul 31, 2023, 05:42 AM·Public·Web
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