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News Release from: Nexans
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 25 January 2007

Submarine power cable order breaks
record

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Nexans has signed a contract worth around Eur 7 million to design, manufacture and supply a world record-breaking high-voltage submarine power cable for the Wolfe Island Wind Project.

Nexans has signed a contract worth around Eur 7 million with Canadian Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Hydro Developers , to design, manufacture and supply a world record-breaking high-voltage submarine power cable for the Wolfe Island Wind Project, near Kingston, Ontario, in Canada The 7.8km long cable will be the world's first three-core XLPE submarine cable to achieve a voltage rating of 245kV, beating Nexans' current world record of 150kV, set by the Horns Rev offshore wind farm in Denmark

The Wolfe Island Wind Project will consist of 86 2.3MW wind turbines located on Wolfe Island, at the eastern end of Lake Ontario.

It will annually generate enough renewable electricity to power 75,000 households.

Construction is scheduled to commence in spring of 2007, with commercial operation expected in October 2008.

The Nexans cable will be laid on the bottom of the St Lawrence River, at a maximum water depth of 23m.

"We are particularly proud and happy that the CREC has selected Nexans to supply the high voltage submarine cable for the Wolfe Island Wind Project".

"This project is of strategic importance to Nexans as it represents the first 245kV XLPE three-core submarine cable to be installed anywhere in the world, as well as confirming our leading position in the high voltage submarine power cable market both in North America and in the windmill farm sector", said Frederic Vincent, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice-President for the North America Area within Nexans.

The cable will be produced at the Nexans factory in Halden, Norway and should be delivered in May 2008.

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