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Cable production starts on first-ever UK-German energy link

4C Offshore | Tom Russell
By: Tom Russell 04/10/2022 NeuConnect

Prysmian Group announced it has began the production of more than 725km of cabling for the
NeuConnect interconnector project,  the first direct energy link between the UK and Germany.

Prysmian Group was appointed earlier this year to design, manufacture, install, test and commission the 725km NeuConnect link, with Siemens Energy awarded the contract to design and build two converter stations in the UK and Germany.


The 1,400 MW
NeuConnect project will be the first to connect German and British energy markets through a 725 km long cable route.  It aims to support the use and integration of renewable energy generation resources in both Germany and the UK and facilitate that transfer of enough to power for up to 1.5 million homes over the life of the project.

The £2.4bn/€2.8bn project is backed by Meridiam (France), Allianz Capital Partners on behalf of Allianz insurance companies (Germany) and Kansai Electric Power (Japan), NeuConnect is a privately-financed interconnector. The project reached Financial Close with a consortium of more than 20 national and international banks and financial institutions including the UK Infrastructure Bank, European Investment Bank (EIB), and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

With NeuConnect reaching Financial Close with a global consortium of banks in July, the Prysmian and NeuConnect teams have made progress over the last three months with the production of 725km of cabling now underway at Prysmian’s factory in Arco Felice, Italy. With cable production now underway, and other initial works due to start later this year, NeuConnect and the Prysmian and Siemens teams are firmly on track for the start of major construction in 2023.

NeuConnect CEO Arnaud Grévoz said: “The start of cabling production is another key milestone for NeuConnect and, just three months after reaching Financial Close, demonstrates the strong progress we are continuing to make on this vital new energy link. With cable production underway, we are firmly on track to start major construction in 2023, bringing the first UK-German energy link an important step closer.”

The NeuConnect interconnector will see two new converter stations built on the Isle of Grain in Kent, England and the Wilhelmshaven region in Lower Saxonia, northern Germany, connected by land and subsea cables travelling through British, Dutch and German waters.

Works will start on site in the UK and Germany later this year, with major construction to lay subsea cables and build converter stations starting in 2023. NeuConnect is slated to be operational by 2028.

For more information on interconnector projects worldwide,
click here. You can also view projects worldwide on 4C Offshore's Interactive map.

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