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Photograph courtesy of Prysmian

A statement from Italy-based cable manufacturer Prysmian has revealed plans to raise the output capacity of two telecoms cable production facilities in Slatina, Romania, and Presov, Slovakia. “Both plants will be the biggest in Europe for their category once they reach full capacity in the beginning of 2017,” the statement said. The company is aiming to double the output capacity of its Romanian factory in 2017, and to triple its production capacity by 2020. To fulfill the planned investment, Prysmian has secured a grant from the Romanian government. Prysmian’s Slatina factory was launched in 2013 and currently exports 70 percent of its output. Telecom cable capacity

World first?

Nexans cable technology has been selected by VBMS for what is believed to be the world’s first 66kV offshore wind farm. As part of its own contract with EDF Energy Renewables, VBMS will use Nexans 66kV inter-array cable system to provide the subsea connection between the offshore turbines and the onshore grid for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator wind farm project. The Blyth project, located 5.7km off the port of Blyth in Northumberland (UK), consists of three arrays of five wind turbine generators. The 66kV inter-array cable network and separate export cables will carry the energy onshore. The subsea cable will be manufactured and tested at Nexans’ factory inHanover, Germany, and will be supplied, in 2017, in one length. The related connectors will be manufactured by Nexans Power Accessories in Belgium, and have been developed from 33kV technology.

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