NEWGEN M36 consortium meeting in Bologna
On 23–24 October 2025, the NEWGEN partners gathered in Bologna, Italy, for the project’s M36 consortium meeting, hosted by Doble Engineering, marking the important milestone of three years in the project. Read more
NEWGEN researcher won 3rd prize at the Jicable HVDC 2025 Young Researchers Contest
From 20-22 October 2025, NEWGEN consortium members visited the Jicable 2025 conference in Turin, Italy. Read more
The 3rd newsletter
The 3rd NEWGEN newsletter has been published! In this newsletter, you can find the project coordinator’s greetings, latest project news, and information about upcoming events. Read more
NEWGEN at the IEEE CEIDP 2025 conference in Manchester, UK
From 14-17 September 2025, NEWGEN consortium members visited the IEEE CEIDP conference in Manchester, UK. Read more
NEWGEN M24 consortium meeting in Lyon
Between 23rd and 24th October 2024, NEWGEN partners convened for the consortium meeting after 2 years, hosted by SuperGrid Institute in Lyon, France. Read more
The 2nd newsletter
The 2nd NEWGEN newsletter has been published! In this newsletter, you can find the project coordinator’s greetings, latest project news, and information about upcoming events. Read more
NEWGEN M12 consortium meeting in Vantaa
Between 24th and 25th October 2023, NEWGEN partners convened for the consortium meeting, hosted by Maillefer in Vantaa, Finland. Read more
The 1st newsletter
The 1st NEWGEN newsletter has been published! In this newsletter, you can find the project coordinator’s greetings, latest project news, and information about upcoming events. Read more
NEWGEN press release from SuperGrid Institute
NEWGEN project aims to develop new insulation materials, cable manufacturing solutions, online condition monitoring technologies and life and reliability modelling tools for the next-generation of extruded HVDC cables and cable systems. Read more
NEWGEN project kick-off in Tampere
Between 6th and 7th October 2022, NEWGEN kick-off meeting in VTT, Tampere, Finland. Read more
Unlocking Innovation: Insights from the NEWGEN Exploitation Pathways Workshop
The the focus of Work Package 5 (WP5): Communication, Dissemination, and Exploitation presentation was the Exploitation Pathways Workshop, which brought together experts from the consortium to chart the course for maximizing the impact of NEWGEN’s Key Exploitable Results (KERs). Read more
Reliable-by-design manufacturing of novel HVDC cables
Maillefer’s R&D platform is helping set the benchmark for HVDC PP cables. Read more
Chemical modification of the polyolefin insulation material as a path to improve HVDC cable’s reliability
High voltage direct current (HVDC) underground and submarine cables constitute an essential technology for the long-distance transmission of electrical power with minimal losses, thereby enabling European decarbonization and reaching climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with the European Green Deal. Read more
Long-term performance of novel insulation materials developed in NEWGEN project: Accelerated life testing facilities at Tampere University
One of the key specific objectives in the NEWGEN project is to develop and demonstrate novel chemical additives for mitigating space charge accumulation in next-generation PP-based thermoplastic and conventional DC-XLPE insulation materials for HVDC cables. Read more
Clean compounding and sample manufacturing practices at VTT
Recently, a completely new clean compounding and sample manufacturing environment has been established at VTT, with excellent capabilities for thermoplastic processing of high-quality electrical insulation materials. Read more
Multi-Terminal Multi-Vendor HVDC systems
The future electricity network will be characterized by a growing role of Multi-Terminal Multi-Vendor HVDC systems (or grids) within the current AC transmission networks, both onshore and offshore. Read more
Cable extrusion and manufacturing process at Maillefer
Clean compounding and sample manufacturing process at VTT
High-pressure reactor at University of Twente
Polymer analysis at University of Twente
2026 IEEE 6th International Conference on Dielectrics (ICD)
The highly anticipated 6th edition of the International Conference on Dielectrics (ICD) is set to convene in Southampton, United Kingdom, from Sunday, June 21st to Thursday, June 25th, 2026. Read more