WCA July 2017

Industry news

Tenova’s new order for a walking beam furnace

❍ A walking beam furnace from Tenova

TENOVA has recently been contracted by NLMK, one of the major Russian steel companies, for a 320t/h walking beam furnace for the hot flat shop HRS at its plant in Lipetsk, Russia. After a competitive selection, the awarding of the contract to Tenova is recognition of the company’s long-standing expertise as well as of its innovative technology. Tenova adopted the best available technologies (BAT) and its latest technical innovations to satisfy and overcome the expectations of the customer. €350m contract for Anglo-French link

The company maintains high customer satisfaction from its customers in a very demanding market in terms of performance. Ultra-Low NOx Flexytech ® technology will be used to reach outstanding results in performance, also representing a new benchmark for reheating furnaces. It allows companies to achieve very low values in term of NOx emission and low fuel consumption. Startup of the furnace is scheduled for September 2019. Tenova – Italy Website : www.tenova.com

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length in France, running from the Tourbe converter station in Northern France to the landing point close to Caen. The subsea route is just over 200km and will land at the south coast of the UK at Solent Airport near Fareham where the UK converter station is to be located. In addition to the HVDC cable link, the contract includes a high voltage alternating current (HVAC) link that will connect the converter station to a local substation in Chilling, UK. This includes 2km land sections at each end with a 5km subsea section between them.

Prysmian Group has secured a contract worth around €350 million with IFA2 SAS, a joint venture between National Grid IFA2 Ltd – part of National Grid UK – and RTE of France. The contract is for the turnkey design, manufacture and installation of a submarine and land power cable link to connect Tourbe in France to Chilling in Hampshire, UK. The high voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnection will operate at ±320kV DC and will allow up to 1,000 MW of power to be transferred between the countries. The HVDC cable system comprises approximately 25km route

manufactured Prysmian production facility in Pikkala, Finland, whilst the land cables will be manufactured at the Prysmian factory in Gron, France. The installation of the land sections will also involve resources and facilities from Prysmian France and Prysmian UK, whose headquarters are situated in the local area. The Prysmian cable laying vessels Cable Enterprise and Ulisse will be utilised in the installation of the cables. Commissioning is scheduled for 2020. Prysmian Group – Italy Website : www.prysmian.com in the

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