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Two contracts awarded by German electricity transmission system operator TenneT for offshore wind farm export cable connections
The German electricity transmission system operator TenneT, has awarded Hellenic Cables Group awarded two turnkey projects for the design, manufacture, installation and protection under the seabed of offshore wind farm export cable systems connecting substations for the Borkum Riffgrund II and Trianel Borkum Windpark offshore wind farms in the North Sea.
The contracts awarded to the Hellenic Cables Group involve the turnkey design, supply, installation, protection and commissioning of three export cable systems with submarine cables insulated with extruded cross linked polyethylene (XLPE) that will operate at an AC voltage level of 155kV. The contracts include the supply and installation of 24km of 155kV high-voltage submarine cables.
The XLPE insulated, three-core composite submarine cables incorporating two interstitial armoured optical fibre units of 24 fibres each, will be produced by Fulgor S.A, a subsidiary of the Hellenic Cables Group at its plant, in Corinth, Greece. The installation operations are scheduled to take place in 2018.
Fulgor operates state-of-the-art facilities and equipment that enable the production and testing of submarine cables in long, continuous lengths, with or without a minimum number of factory joints.
These high-profile projects underline Hellenic Cables Group’s pre-eminent position among the few global high-voltage submarine cable manufacturers capable of successfully executing complex turnkey projects.
In recent years, the Group has continued to develop a wide range of technologically innovative cabling solutions and knowledge, including high voltage submarine cables to extra high voltage power cables, andoptical fibre submarine cable, among others.
About TenneT:
TenneT is a leading European electricity transmission system operator (TSO) with its main activities in the Netherlands and Germany. With approximately 22,000 kilometres of high-voltage connections we ensure a secure supply of electricity to 41 million end-users. We employ approximately 3,000 people, have a turnover of EUR 3.3 billion and an asset value totalling EUR 15.4 billion. TenneT is one of Europe’s major investors in national and cross-border grid connections on land and at sea, bringing together the Northwest European energy markets and enabling the energy transition. We take every effort to meet the needs of society by being responsible, engaged and connected.
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