The construction work on the project will start in spring 2019 and will take up to three years to complete, including the removal of the existing line and pylons.
April 29, 2019
Nexans has been awarded a EUR 35 million contract to supply high voltage underground cables for the Dorset visual impact provision (VIP) project. The contract was awarded by Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, the main contractor, as part of its underground onshore electricity cable framework agreement for National Grid.
The project will focus on reducing the visual impact of an existing 8.8 km section of 400 kV overhead line, replacing it with underground cabling and enabling 22 pylons to be removed. It also includes the construction of two new sealing end compounds required to connect the new underground cables to the remaining overhead line.
Nexans is supplying over 100 km of specialized copper-core HV cable with XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) insulation suitable for burying underground. The cables will be used to create two, three-phase circuits, each with two cables per phase.
The cables will be manufactured by Nexans Benelux plant in Charleroi, Belgium, while the accessories will be delivered by Nexans Switzerland plant in Cortaillod. The jointing services will be secured by Nexans UK installation team.
