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INDEXNexans is to provide 170kV XLPE submarine
cables to increase power capacity
across three fjords, Gimsøystraumen,
Nappstraumen and Flakstadpollen, in
moves to strengthen the power supply for
residents throughout Lofoten, Norway. The
improvements will include increasing the
current grid capacity from 66kV to 132kV.
Lofotkraft AS is upgrading the submarine
cable in all three fjords to extend longevity
and increase transmission capacity.
Nexans Norway will supply the cables with
all transition joints, end terminations and
contingency repair joints.
Work on the project is already underway,
with supply of the cable scheduled for
spring 2017 from Nexans’ Halden, Norway
plant.
Strengthening Norway’s
supply
TenneT TSO BV and Energinet dk SOV
have awarded the contract for an HVDC
submarine interconnector to Prysmian
Group.
The COBRA (Copenhagen Brussels
Amsterdam) cable, linking Denmark
and the Netherlands, will make Dutch
power capacity structurally available
to Denmark and vice versa, increasing
security of supply and enabling the
further integration of renewable energy
into the electricity grids.
COBRA is supported by the European
Union through its EEPR (European Energy
Programme for Recovery).
Prysmian’s contract involves the supply
and installation of an HVDC bipole,
operating at a voltage level of ±320kV
with a rating of approximately 700MW.
It will run along a total route of around
325km, including two onshore lengths of
1km, on the Dutch side, and 25km, on
the Danish side, to link to the onshore
converter stations.
All cables will be produced in Arco Felice
and Pikkala, the group’s technology
centers for submarine cable. The
marine cable laying will be performed
by the group’s own vessels, the
Cable
Enterprise,and
the
Giulio Verne
.
Securing supply with
HVDC