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Prysmian to supply cables to French wind farm

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Energy Global,


Prysmian have been chosen by Ailes Marines to supply 90 km of inter-array cables for the Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm.

Prysmian will provide its comprehensive turn-key approach for the design, supply, installation, and commissioning of 90 km of three core 66 kV HVAC XLPE-insulated inter-array cables. Cable cores will be manufactured at the Group’s centres of excellence in Montereau-Fault-Yonne and Gron, France, and then assembled and finished in Nordenham, Germany, providing the French market with Prysmian’s cable systems manufactured locally. Delivery and commissioning are scheduled for the end of 2022.

This award confirms also Prysmian Group successful and continued relationship with Iberdrola Renewables who have awarded Prysmian several projects in recent years as the Wikinger offshore wind farm, located in the Baltic Sea, and the Vineyard offshore wind farm, located in Massachusetts, US.

Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm is being constructed in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany, 16.3 km off the French coast. When finished, the wind farm with a total capacity of 496 MW will produce 1820 GWh annually, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 835000 inhabitants. The installation works will last several months and will continue until 2022. The wind farm will be fully commissioned in 2023.

Read the article online at: https://www.energyglobal.com/wind/29052020/prysmian-to-supply-cables-to-french-wind-farm/

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