DNV KEMA Expands High-Power Laboratory to Facilitate Super Grids PR Newswire ARNHEM, the Netherlands, BURLINGTON, Massachusetts and HOVIK, Norway, November 27, 2012 ARNHEM, the Netherlands, BURLINGTON, Massachusetts and HOVIK, Norway, November 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Preparing for upcoming market of extreme testing Energy consulting and testing & certification company DNV KEMA will invest approximately EUR 70 million in the expansion of its High-Power Laboratory in Arnhem, the Netherlands. With the expansion, DNV KEMA creates the first laboratory in the world in the extreme testing segment for the upcoming market for super grids: bulk energy transport at 800 kV+ levels (800,000 Volts and above). The investment has been made possible by DNV KEMA's majority shareholder, global risk management firm, DNV. "It is evident that the global demand for electricity will rapidly increase over the next decades. According to independent studies, this growth will translate into a strong increase in investments in the global electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure," says David Walker, CEO, DNV KEMA. "There are four major trends that relate to our future electricity supply. The first trend is the strong increase of distributed and local electricity generation, whereby people will be increasingly self-supporting in relation to their own electricity supply.
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