WCA July 2007

Industry News

Records fall to Nexans

Cable records will fall in Shanghai

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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 2,500mm 2 . 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 : info@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com 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 -28 th 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 : info@hundkmesse.de Website : www.eurolite-expo.eu

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