In recent years Prysmian has significantly increased its commitment to developing high-tech cable systems for use by the renewable energy sector. All the world's energy players are focusing on this sector, with governments worldwide embarking on major investment plans. Once again in 2008, Prysmian has confirmed its leading position in the design, production and installation of cables for the transmission of energy from renewable sources, by providing utilities and grid managers with innovative solutions. In fact, the Group has been awarded two new contracts to supply and install links between the mainland and two offshore wind farms being built in Great Britain which, once completed, will be among the largest in the world. The Greater Gabbard contract, secured in May 2008, involves supplying 175km of 132kV cables which will connect the wind farm's 140 turbines to the UK electricity grid. With a capacity of 504MW, Greater Gabbard will be able to supply 415,000 homes with electricity. The wind farm will be located approximately 26km off the Suffolk coast and is due to be completed in 2010. The contract for the Thanet project, awarded in September 2008, involves supplying 75km of 33 kV submarine cables for linking the farm's 100 wind turbines, as well as 55km of 132kV cables for transmitting the electricity to the mainland. The Thanet offshore wind farm, which is due for completion by October 2009, is located off the coast of Kent. This farm will have a capacity of 300MW. These follow on from other major contracts awarded to Prysmian in the renewable energy sector in 2007, such as the supply and installation of power links for offshore wind farms being built in Germany and Denmark by EON.NETZ and Dong Energy.