Europe enters SF6-free era
New EU regulations banning SF6 in medium-voltage switchgear up to 24 kV trigger a shift towards sustainable insulation and upgraded grid resilience.
New EU regulations banning SF6 in medium-voltage switchgear up to 24 kV trigger a shift towards sustainable insulation and upgraded grid resilience.
A 330 km undersea cable now links mainland Greece to Crete, forming part of a broader €1 B plan to extend energy connections to Cyprus and Israel by decade’s end.
This synchronisation has been strongly supported by the European Union and ENTSO-E, the association of European electricity TSOs.
As we look to the future, it’s clear that VSC-HVDC technology will continue to play a major role in the power grid.