{"id":1988,"date":"2026-04-28T18:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2026-04-28T18:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:56:08","slug":"sakra-kraftkablar-i-cbam-for-att-sakra-europas-klimatomstallning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/sakra-kraftkablar-i-cbam-for-att-sakra-europas-klimatomstallning\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe power cables in CBAM to secure Europe&#039;s climate transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selcable calls on Sweden and the EU to ensure that power cables are covered by CBAM. This is crucial to reduce carbon leakage, strengthen competitiveness and enable the energy transition.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Selcable welcomes the European Commission&#039;s proposal to include power cables containing aluminium and steel in CBAM. The proposal is an important step to create a level playing field and ensure European production of a strategic key technology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Power cables are a central part of Europe&#039;s energy infrastructure and crucial for electrification. Today, approximately 90% of distribution cables and 70% of onshore transmission cables have aluminum conductors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For CBAM to have full effect, Selcable highlights three priorities:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Confirm that power cables are included in the regulations&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bring forward the introduction to reduce carbon leakage&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure the competitiveness of European exports&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Securing the inclusion of power cables in CBAM is crucial for both the climate and the competitiveness of the industry. Europe needs cables made in Europe, for Europe&#039;s energy transition, says <strong>Peter Marcusson<\/strong>, Chairman of Selcable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selcable&#039;s position is in line with the European industry organization Europacable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/dokument\/positionspapper-sakra-inkludering-av-kraftkablar-i-cbam\/\">Read more about Selcable&#039;s position<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selcable calls on Sweden and the EU to ensure that power cables are covered by CBAM. This is crucial to reduce carbon leakage, strengthen competitiveness and enable the energy transition. Selcable welcomes the European Commission&#039;s proposal to include power cables containing aluminum and steel in CBAM. The proposal is an important step to create a level playing field and ensure European production of a strategic [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hallbarhet"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1997,"href":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions\/1997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selcable.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}