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Nexans SA has been chosen to supply low
voltage cables to Iraq’s Karbala refinery
project.
The contract was awarded by HDGSK, a
joint venture of four Korean EPCs: Hyundai
Engineering & Construction, Hyundai
Engineering, GS Engineering & Construction,
and SK Engineering & Construction. The
contract calls for 3,500km of LV cables.
In-Koo Kang, CEO at Nexans Korea,
said: “We are pleased to be a part of
a major overseas project with HDGSK.
A long-standing relationship with our
customer, and our solution to optimize the
total cost of ownership of the installation,
were key to winning this contract.”
Nexans’ low voltage cable system will
be equipped with PVC hydrocarbon
resistance. Thecableswill bemanufactured
in Nexans’ plants in South Korea and Turkey
and supplied to the refinery between
January 2016 and March 2017.
The Karbala refinery project, from Iraq’s
state company for oil projects (SCOP) is to
date the largest contract won by Korean
EPCs, worth over $6 billion. The plant is
expected to be completed by 2020.
Refinery contract
Europe’s largest solar farm will be
connected with Nexans’ Energyflex
®
photovoltaic cables after Eiffage Energie
awarded Nexans the contract to supply
90 percent of the necessary cables.
Nexans will manufacture and supply
approximately 5,000km of medium and
low voltage photovoltaic cables and data
cables to the Cestas solar farm in France.
The solar farm, located near Bordeaux, will
generate over 350GWh per year with a
peak capacity of 300MW. Eiffage Energie
operates on behalf of Clemessy, which
pilots a consortium of several investors
including Neoen, formed to build, operate
and maintain the farm.
Approximately one million solar panels will
cover 250 hectares of land divided into 25
solar plants. The farm is expected to be
connected to the grid in October 2015.
Nexans’ Energyflex cables will provide
durable,
high-performance
in-field
connections between the PV panels and
the inverters that will transform the solar
energy into usable AC electricity. The
cables were developed specifically to
meet the demand for reliable, efficient
cables in the specialized photovoltaic
market.
French connection