Low fire-hazard cables improve safety. The most commonly identified cause of death from a fire incident is being overcome by gas or smoke which accounts for 44% of all deaths. In 1950 the average time from ignition of a fire to flashover was 15 minutes. Now fatal conditions can occur after 3 minutes. Given these facts, the only possible conclusions are: the reduction of smoke and effluent gases is relevant to saving human lives and facilitating the work of rescue teams and the increased use of plastics in the last 50 years has had a dramatic effect on escape times. The European Cable Industry has developed a family of Low FireHazard Cables that couple low flame spread and heat release with very low emission of smoke and dangerous gases. These cables help to provide more time to escape and a less hazardous environment for rescue teams.

Partial undergrounding of extra high voltage crosslinkedpolyethylene (XLPE) cables, with a high efficiency copper conductor, can serve as facilitator for grid extension and as an enabler for green technology:  A number of references cases show that partial undergrounding of extra high voltage electricity transmission lines can help to address concerns of local communes affected by the negative impacts of transmission lines.Thereby XLPE cables can facilitate breaking the deadlock of certainprojects. By speeding up the construction times of transmission projects, XLPEcables serve as an enabler to integrate renewable energy sources into Europe’s future energy mix.