The Group has recently, successfully completed the electrical type tests on its 66 kV complete submarine cable system
November 16, 2015
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, showcased its state-of-the-art range of products and services for the wind power industry at the 2015 European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Annual Event, which took place in Paris (France) from November 17 to 20, booth M-03 and Offshore Village.
As part of its business strategy Prysmian keeps on strengthening its commitment to the added-value market of wind energy and presented at EWEA Annual Event 2015 with an enlarged portfolio of products and services. This included AC and DC power transmission submarine cable systems and advanced turbine cabling solutions with high resistance to abrasion, UV radiations, corrosion, bending and torsion stress for increased efficiency, reliability and safety, specifically designed to meet highly demanding conditions of plants and installation areas, including the Group’s new Feltoflex HV cable system for moveable interconnection between platforms.
The event comes at a very important time for the Group, which has recently completed, with success, the electrical type tests on its 66 kV complete submarine cable system. Tests were carried out according to CIGRE and IEC testing protocols. The tested solution – that includes also factory, field joints and click-fit terminations – combines the use of state of the art EPR insulation with the cost effectiveness of wet design and aluminium conductors (copper conductors are also available).
Prysmian has more than 40 years successful experience with wet design EPR insulated cables up to 72.5 kV class and the success in the qualification of its 66 kV system will provide the necessary confidence to offshore wind developers to step the intra-array system voltage up from the typical 33 kV to 66 kV. This will ensure a significant reduction in Levelized Cost Of Electricity and a higher competitiveness of future wind energy systems.
