Eur 140 million power link contract signed

A Nexans product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Feb 7, 2007

Nexans has been awarded a contract worth approximately Eur 140 million to manufacture and install a 500kV submarine power link in China.

Nexans has been awarded a contract worth approximately Eur 140 million by the EHV Power Transmission Chinese Company of CSG, and Guangdong Nan-Dian Power Equipment, to manufacture and install a 500kV submarine power link to connect Hainan Island at the south end of China to the Chinese mainland in Guangdong province.

The 30km submarine cable link, capable of carrying up to 600MW of power, will be laid at a water depth of around 100m.

The power link is scheduled to commence operation in July 2009 and will play a key strategic role in the development of Hainan Island as a tourist resort.

The submarine link will comprise an oil-filled cable with a cross section of 800mm2 and will be manufactured in Japan by NVC, a factory joint venture owned 66% by Nexans and 34% by the Japanese company Viscas.

It will be installed by Nexans' own cable ship, the Skagerrak.

The Hainan submarine cable project will commence with an official launch ceremony on Saturday, February 10, to be attended by the President and Managing Director of CSG, senior officials from Guangdong Province and Hainan Province and Patrick Barth, Nexans' HV Business Group President.

"In July 2006 Nexans announced the creation of NVC, a production joint venture with the Japanese company Viscas, dedicated to the manufacture of submarine high-voltage power cables and aimed at immediately increasing Nexans' submarine high-voltage cable and service potential activity over the next few years".

"Today, this first contract perfectly illustrates the needs of this fast-growing market".

"Thanks to this alliance, Nexans is able to meet the demands of customers in China" said Patrick Barth, Nexans' HV Business Group President.

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