DNV KEMA gears-up for the high-voltage supergrid era

Energy consulting, testing and certification specialist DNV KEMA will spend about €70m ($90.5m) to create what it claims is the first global laboratory able to carry out extreme testing for the emerging supergrid market.

The expansion programme of its existing Arnhem, Netherlands facility will allow high-power short-circuit testing at the 800kV-plus level DNV KEMA says equipment-makers are increasingly looking to serve.

David Walker, chief executive of DNV KEMA, says factors such as future transmission networks that span huge distances, and the growing number of equipment-makers supplying high-voltage components, makes pre-deployment testing a major issue.

Such networks will play a key role in efficiently moving renewable power from remote generation areas to demand centres.

“Utilities, investors, regulators, and insurance companies, increasingly consider testing a vital element in Log in to read complete article.

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