WiredInUSA May 2016

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Continuous scrap handling

380kV overhead interconnection

Extrusion plant Service Center Metals (SCM) in Prince George, Virginia, has placedan order with Hertwich Engineering to supply a second compact-type remelt plant for the production of extrusion billets. The new unit processes post-consumer scrap in a continuous, automated process to produce high-grade logs. Provisionally, the unit is scheduled to begin operating by the end of 2016. The new plant, with a capacity of 45,000 tonnes per year, combines all the working steps, from melting the scrap to the bundled logs. Maximum log diameter is 14″ and it is possible to cast two different diameters at the same time. The casting technology for logs of 14 ″ in diameter was used by SCM for the first time in 2014.

SPIE, a multi-technical services supplier, and contractor Dura Vermeer are joining forces to construct the major portion of a new 380kV overhead interconnection between Doetinchem in the Netherlands and Niederrhein in Germany. SPIE will handle the electrotechnical work, including mounting the cables, on the Netherlands side, while Dura Vermeer will be responsible for the civil works. Client TenneT is said to have selected the consortium because of its commitment to achieving the power connection on a strict timetable, with priority on safety and environmental considerations. The Dutch section of the interconnection must be in place by June 2017. The new connection is needed to meet the growing volume of wind and solar energy, making it necessary to increase the electricity exchange capacity between Germany and the Netherlands. The new connector is, in part, to be a combined line with both 150kV and 380kV circuits. The 150kV part will replace the existing overhead 150kV interconnection. The new connector will consist of 54 Wintrack masts over a distance of approximately 21km.

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