FEATURE CABLING & CABLE MANAGEMENT
Cable factories run on renewable energy
The NKT factory in Cologne, Germany, is now powered by electricity from renewable energy sources and joins the high voltage factory in Karlskrona, Sweden, as a green manufacturing site
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ith both factories running solely on renewable electricity, NKT has taken
a significant step to meet the increasing market demands for low emission, high voltage power cable solutions. The development of global power grids
is crucial to ensure the transition to renewable energy and, as a provider of high voltage power cable solutions, NKT has taken another step to reduce the carbon footprint of its high voltage portfolio. This is done by having the high voltage factory in Cologne, Germany, powered by green power, alongside the sister factory in Karlskrona, Sweden. With the move to green power in Cologne, NKT reduces its company wide carbon footprint from electricity by ten per cent. “This step is a milestone in our
ambition to reduce the carbon footprint of our power cable solutions, and I am pleased that both our high voltage manufacturing sites now run on green power. The move enables us to minimise our environmental impact and offer high voltage power cable solutions with one of the lowest carbon footprints in the market,” says Alexander Kara, president and CEO of NKT.
The change in energy supply has been
made possible by entering an agreement with the local utility verifying that the power supply originates from renewable energy.
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS For NKT, the focus on minimising the environmental impact of its operations is a natural part of being at the centre of
NKT’s Cologne factory
the transition to renewable energy. As a key provider of the power cables needed for the development of the global power grids, NKT experiences a growing focus on sustainability across the industry. “The infrastructure of our power
transmission is under constant development and we believe that the demand for low emission power cables are becoming a key differentiator in the market. We are constantly working to reduce the carbon footprint of our power cable solutions during the entire life cycle and, with our high voltage factories now being powered by renewables, we take a big step supporting our customers’ ambition and are acting to reduce our environmental footprint,” says Kara. For NKT, the move to green power on
the factories is part of a series of dedicated initiatives aiming to reduce the CO2
footprint of the high voltage power
cables contributing to the global energy transformation. Other initiatives include recycling of materials such as XLPE and metals from both production and decommissioned power cables, as well as leveraging its local production for nearby markets reducing the CO2
impact from
the company’s logistics. NKT
14 FEBRUARY 2020 | ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
nkt.com NKT’s Karlskrona factory
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