wiredinUSA January 2013

wiredInUSA - January 2013

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A manufacturer of recycling equipment,

Eldan Recycling, has deliveredacomplete

cable recycling plant to Austria. The

recycling equipment is already up and

running at full production capacity. The

recycling plant processes mixed cables,

hard and fine wire as well as power cable,

at approximately 2.5 ton per production

hour depending on the type of cable.

“We have through the experience during

the many years we have designed,

developed and manufactured different

kinds of machines and production lines

incorporated the possibility to make

tailor-made as well as standard solutions.

This order shows our capability to make

a mid-size cable recycling plant in the

middle of Europe with equipment made

in Europe,” said Dr Toni Reftman, MD at

Eldan Recycling.

Eldan Recycling is a leading manufacturer

of equipment for recycling of tires, cables,

electronic waste and refrigerators.

The company’s track record shows over

830 complete plants and 7,100 single

machines installed in more than 60

countries.

Cable recycling plant

to Austria

Alcatel-Lucent and Main One Cable

Company Ltd have renewed their

marine maintenance contract for Main

One’s 7,000km submarine cable system

connecting Portugal to Nigeria. Delivering

high-speed bandwidth of 1.92Tbit/s, the

cable gives access to global information,

data and markets in Western Africa.

As a member of the Atlantic Private

Maintenance Agreement (APMA), Main

One will continue tomanage andmaintain

the network. Under the service level

agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will make

available its maintenance vessels, as well

as specialist personnel for cable repairs.

Philippe Dumont, head of Alcatel-Lucent’s

submarine network activity, said: “Com-

bined with the recent redistribution of our

maintenance vessels in the Atlantic, our

Cape Verde-based cable ship will offer the

shortest possible mobilization time for any

repair operations off West Africa.”

Alcatel-Lucent currently maintains over

300,000km of critical submarine cable

infrastructure worldwide.

Marine maintenance

renewed

KfW IPEX-Bank, Norwegian power grid

operator Statnett, and TenneT TSO GmbH,

have concluded a cooperation agreement

to develop and construct a subsea cable

between Germany and Norway.

The high-voltage DV interconnector will

enable energy to pass between Germany

and Norway and help improve the

distribution of renewable energy sources

between the two countries.

The integration of the Norwegian and

German electricity markets, which thus far

are not connected directly, is expected

to ensure greater grid stability in both

countries, increase market efficiency, and

stabilize prices between seasons.

The three-party agreement provides for a

50:50 partnership between Norway and

Germany. Norway's state-owned Statnett

will own 50 percent of the project. On the

German side, KfW and TenneT will jointly

own 50 percent of the project via a newly

established project company. The target is

for operation of the cable to commence

in late 2018.

Norway to Germany

construction

According to state-owned energy agency

Dena, Germany’s power lines may require

investments of US$55 billion by 2030 to

cope with renewable energy generators

feeding electricity into the network.

Citing a study it compiled with regional

grid operators, Dena said that distribution

grids will need to expand by 193,000km

(120,000 miles), while 25,000km of current

lines will need upgrades if the share of

renewables in Germany’s energy mix rises

from 26 percent to 82 percent by 2030.

Since

chancellor

Angela

Merkel

announced the intended move to

replace nuclear reactors with more fossil-

fired plants and a growing share of clean

energy sources, power supply has moved

to the center of the political agenda in

Germany. Germany must stabilize its grids

as it adds wind farms and solar parks,

which are subject to irregular output as

the weather changes.

Dena said that Germany must also adapt

the regulation of returns for grid operators

because current levels fail to account for

the high investments needed in the future.

German grid demands

investment