Unique wind farm collaboration: Elcowire takes the lead in the decarbonisation of copper
In a revolutionary step for the copper industry, Swedish solutions company Elcowire with their cable customer NKT are to deliver low-carbon copper-based cable systems for power export from the world’s largest offshore wind farm project, Dogger Bank, off the north-east coast of England.
The current phase C of the Dogger Bank project is the third and final. When fully completed in 2026, the giant new wind farm will have the capacity to power 6 million UK homes.
“As Northern Europe’s leading provider of copper wire products,” says Paul Gustavsson, CEO Elcowire Group, “this unique collaboration with NKT in the Dogger Bank project marks another successful step forward for Elcowire and for our commitment toward the greening of copper, which we have started together with our partner Boliden. We are extremely proud to be involved in this impressive project. To me, it is a breakthrough for the sustainable Low-carbon Copper material. It looks like it will become the inevitable choice in energy infrastructure for the future.”
NKT’s CEO Xxx comments:
As a result of Elcowire’s commitment to support the global shift toward greener raw materials, the company has managed to produce and market low-carbon copper solutions with less than half the carbon footprint of conventional copper – rod as well as other products. This is an accomplishment made in close cooperation with with metal company Boliden, who produces the raw copper from Nordic mines.
Paul Gustavsson highlights that the reduced CO2 emissions of Elcowire’s Low-carbon Copper products have been validated scientifically and will help customers to achieve emission reduction targets faster and more efficiently.
The copper decarbonisation starts already from the cradle and runs completely in parallel with the ongoing decarbonisation of steel. In fact, in the example of Dogger Bank, the low/carbon solution combines efforts from three Swedish companies. Metal company Boliden relies on a very efficient ore concentration process and a world-class green energy mix. Elcowire is supplied with the incoming material by electrified railway, and in very efficient processes then produces the low-carbon copper rod. And Sweden-based cable solutions company NKT completes the picture with their final contribution.
The aggregated low carbon copper footprint accomplished in this unique collaboration eventually benefits the end customer, the Dogger Bank wind farm, phase C, owned by Equinor and SSE, and tomorrow’s energy consumers in the UK.
For more information, please contact:
Paul Gustavsson
CEO Elcowire Group
+46(0)72-555 29 00
paul.gustavsson@elcowire.com
About Elcowire Group:
Elcowire is one of the leading suppliers in Europe of products and services based on copper and aluminum wire rod for the electrical and infrastructure industry. Operations are in Sweden and Germany. Elcowire consists of five business units: Rod, Rail, High Voltage, Specials and Wire & Strands. The company has 400 employees and headquarters are in Helsingborg, Sweden.
About Liljedahl Group:
Liljedahl Group is a family-owned corporate group with seven wholly-owned holdings: Elcowire Group, Dahrén Group, Hörle Wire Group, Pronect, Finnvedens Lastvagnar, Finnvedens Bil and Liljedahl Group Fastigheter. Liljedahl Group is also principal owner of Bufab AB (publ). The Group has an annual sale of approximately SEK 15 billion and 1,500 employees globally. More information at www.liljedahlgroup.com
