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Industry News
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Wire & Cable ASIA – July/August 2007
Nexans has won a €35m order to
manufacture and install a 17km, 500kV
underground power cable to link Snibo
and Sanlin substations in Shanghai.
The circuit, to be installed on behalf of
the Shanghai Municipal Electric Power
Co Ltd, will establish two world records
– the first intra-city 500kV cable and
the first 500kV XLPE (cross-linked
polyethylene insulated) cable with a
cross-sectional area of 2,500mm2.
This contract forms part of a global
infrastructure project to meet
Shanghai’s constantly growing demand
for power, with the city’s consumption
estimated to reach 125 billion kWh
by 2010. The project includes the
construction of a 17km underground
tunnel to carry two 500kV circuits.
Nexans will manufacture and install a
total of 51km 500kV XLPE cable. The
cable will be laid as three separate
17km lengths within the cable tunnel,
one for each phase of the 3-phase
electricity supply, and will require more
than 100 HV (high voltage) joints.
Nexans is using an innovative cable
technology for this high voltage
application, with a metallic screen in
smooth laminated aluminium. This
is a much lighter solution than the
conventional lead or corrugated
aluminium sheath and will make
installation easier.
The cable will be manufactured in
Nexans’ Charleroi factory in Belgium
and will be installed between the end
of 2007 and 2009. The project should
be completed in a 30-month period.
Nexans – France
Fax : +33 15669 8484
Email :
Website:
Lightweight components
exhibition
euroLITE – the European specialist
trade fair for the design and serial
production of lightweight components
– goes from strength-to-strength.
Staged at the Salzburg Exhibition
Centre, Austria, from 26 th-28th June,
euroLITE is seeing an increasing
number of exhibitors booking space at
Europe’s only dedicated lightweight
construction trade fair.
In addition to exhibitor information,
the organisers H & K Messe GmbH &
Co KG and MesseZentrum Salzburg
GmbH have arranged an attractive and
informative supporting programme.
H & K Messe GmbH & Co KG
– Germany
Fax : +49 721 5704 4422
Email :
Website:
Cable records will fall in Shanghai ▲
Records fall to Nexans