Prysmian secures a set of Extra High Voltage projects
in The Netherlands and Germany worth a total of € 20.3 million.
Milan, May 2009.
Prysmian Cables and Systems, a leading worldwide player in the energy and
telecommunications cables market, has been awarded
three significant contracts through its Dutch subsidiary
for the upgrade and development of Extra High Voltage power transmission
systems in The Netherlands and Germany.
The projects’ value amounts to total €20.3 million.
The first contract
has been signed with the Dutch state-owned power transmission system
operator,
TenneT.
It entails the upgrading of an existing 380 kV cable interconnection which runs across two
canals in the outskirts of
Rotterdam. The “Nieuwe Waterweg” (“New Waterway”) canal, in particular, is vital
to the region’s economy, being the primary access from the North Sea to the port of Rotterdam. The
new project, that follows the one engineered and installed in 2005, requests a higher single phase
short circuit current and is able to satisfy a higher power demand. It consists of
13.2 kilometers of HV cables with separate optical fibres for temperature monitoring and a
separate underground cable. Essential to Prysmian’s success has been the ability to
deliver a turn-key service that will cover the whole spectrum of needed activities. In fact, the
Group will provide project management, supervision and engineering, all civil works, cleaning and
checking pipes. Prysmian will also be engaged in excavating, pulling and laying cables, delivering
cables and accessories, adapting, revision and change of the existing water circulation system,
jointing, testing all systems and maintenance. Completion is scheduled by the end of
2009.
The second project,
assigned by the Dutch power company
Eneco Energy and Danish leading energy
company
DONG Energy, will
consist of
36.9 kilometers of a 380 kV cable system for the connection between the Dutch grid
and a new gas-fired power plant to be constructed soon in
Rotterdam. The project is expected to be completed in May 2010.
The third project
will be installed in Germany, and has been entrusted by Dutch energy company
NUON. It comprises a connection between the grid and the new gas-fired power plant the client is
about to construct
outside the city of Frankfurt. The connection will be
8.4 kilometers long and will employ a
380 kV cable system. This project, to be completed by October 2010, requires a
special design in order to reduce the Electro Magnetic Field (EMF) values and therefore improve
efficiency and safety of the product.“The specific knowledge of the local circumstances in combination with the
necessary engineering skills made us successful in acquiring these projects” says
Gert Hoefman, CEO of Prysmian in The Netherlands. In the strategic sector of
high-voltage cables, Prysmian can proudly boast its competitiveness, demonstrated by several
contracts awarded throughout last years. For instance, Prysmian has recently won contracts for the
construction of a high-voltage power transmission grid in Saint Petersburg (Russia) and for the
project KAHRAMAA Phase VIII in Qatar aimed at the expansion of the local power transmission
system.
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