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INDEXSvenska kraftnät has awarded the
contract for the Själland cable survey to
MMT.
Svenska kraftnät, and its Danish
counterpart, Energinet.dk, are the owners
and operators of the 400kV HVAC cable
system across the Öresund, between
Sweden and Denmark.
MMTwill investigateandverify thefeasibility
of the proposed submarine cable route.
This marine survey will cover geophysical
information such as bathymetry, surface
geology and sub-bottom conditions.
MMT will also perform a geotechnical
investigation, cable tracking, and
identification of cable crossings.
The offshore operations will be performed
from the 40m Icebeam, MMT´s survey and
ROV vessel, and the coastal surveys from
the survey vessel Seabeam. The operation
will begin this spring.
Cable route survey
EUROPE NEWS
Aluminumproducer UC Rusal is to invest over
$5.5 million in aluminum-zirconium wire rod
production at the Irkutsk aluminum smelter
(IrkAZ). Initial samples of the products have
already been certified by consumers.
Rusal’s aluminum-zirconium wire rod has
been certified by Russia's leading cable
producers. Rusal has signed a contract with
Seco Warwick to supply electrothermal
equipment to IrkAZ. Under the agreement,
the equipment will be supplied to the
production site in September 2014, with
planned production levels expected to
be reached in early 2015. Once thermal
treatment equipment is installed, IrkAZ wire
rod production capacity will increase to
3,000 tonnes per year.
JSC Russian Grids will be the major
consumer of aluminum-zirconium wire rod
in Russia. The use of conductors made
from aluminum-zirconium wire rod instead
of traditional rod is expected to result in a
two-fold increase in transmission capacity
over existing power lines.
Wire rod investment